His arrival will be made official this Thursday by Paris FC. But as expected, Maxime Lopez, who arrived in Paris on Tuesday, has signed with the capital club this Wednesday after passing his medical. The former OM midfielder, 26, has signed a three-year contract (plus an optional year in the event of promotion to Ligue 1).
To come to Ligue 2, he agreed to make big financial sacrifices but he is very motivated by the idea of succeeding in the challenge of getting Paris FC promoted to Ligue 1.
At Paris FC, he will join his older brother Julien (32 years old) to whom he is very close and therefore be able to realize their old dream of playing together. With his brother in the team, he had been watching all of Paris FC’s matches for several seasons. He appreciated the style of play advocated by Stéphane Gilli and became convinced that he could fully express himself in this system. After a complicated year at Fiorentina where he was loaned by Sassuolo, he aspired first of all to rediscover the pleasure and did not make it a question of money. Only an offer from a top-of-the-table club in L1 could have changed his mind.
A transfer at… zero euros for Paris FC
By signing the midfielder for 115 Serie A and 113 Ligue 1 matches, Paris FC has achieved a major coup on the sporting but also financial level. Sassuolo, where Maxime Lopez arrived in 2020 and where he was still under contract for one year, has in fact released him. Paris FC therefore did not have to pay anything for his transfer. A percentage in the event of resale has just slipped into the agreement between the two clubs.
Maxime Lopez will train for the first time this Thursday with his new teammates. Although he has been preparing in recent weeks in the loft of Sassuolo (relegated to Serie B) and is qualified, he should not be part of the trip to Clermont on Friday for the 3rd day of L2.
