The transfer was planned for a long time, it is now formalized. Beninese international goalkeeper Saturnin Allagbé, who had been playing in Niort for six years, signed a four-season contract this Friday, until 2024, with the Dijon club, currently last in Ligue 1. He becomes their number 1 goalkeeper. According to the newspaper L’Equipe, the transfer was made for a little over a million euros. Pending transfer for a few days, the Niort coach Sébastien Desabre had already planned not to make him play with the Chamois for their trip to Châteauroux on Saturday October 3, for the sixth day of the championship.
Saturnin Allagbé had so far made a very good start to the season in Niort, with three games without conceding a goal over five days. Over its six seasons, he totaled 116 games, including 38 without ever conceding a goal. He has been named among the best goalkeepers in Ligue 2 several times. Arrived in Niort in 2014, after a test at the Girondins de Bordeaux, Saturnin Allagbé first played in his home country, Benin, with ASPAC Cotonou. . There he won the national championship twice.
In Dijon, Saturnin Allagbé succeeds Senegalese Alfred Gomis, transferred to Rennes on Tuesday, September 29.
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