That was earlier in June. Might happen now seeing how we love market opportunities lately.

It has been revealed that many Lyon players have a clause that states 'if relegated, they will be released - Malick Fofana: €30M - Thiago Almada: €25M - Georges Mikautadze: €22M - Moussa Niakhaté: €15M - Corentin Tolisso: €12M

Overall a pretty underwhelming bunch. Fofana is 5'5".

How can BlueCo resist a €30m player that's valued at €50m. Play him or loan him, then sell him for profit Renato Veiga styley?

Honestly though know nothing about him but I like the look of his Youtube compilation.

1 hour ago, dermott said:

Overall a pretty underwhelming bunch. Fofana is 5'5".

A few of them will be very good buys for a Villa/Newcastle/Nottingham. Fofana, Thiago Almada & Georges Mikautadze are all good enough for the PL.

48 minutes ago, DarkMata said:

How can BlueCo resist a €30m player that's valued at €50m. Play him or loan him, then sell him for profit Renato Veiga styley?

Honestly though know nothing about him but I like the look of his Youtube compilation.

He is actually a brilliant talent and still only 20. He is rated as one of the next big French wingers.

Given how the other young French wingers turned out I’d prefer not to miss out on this one if he’s the real deal.

Edited June 26, 20251 yr by Sconnie Blue

Is he really only 5 foot 5 though?

14 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Given how the other young French wingers turned out I’d prefer not to miss out on this one if he’s the real deal.

Which other young French wingers? I still think the hit rate for French wingers is way higher than English ones. Off my head Doue, Barcola, Oliseh are quality young wingers. Bar Saka who still qualifies as a young winger, I struggle to name a potential world class English young winger.

13 hours ago, WhiteWall said:

Is he really only 5 foot 5 though?

Most places have him as 5 foot 7, so not exactly an NBA player but a little taller than 5"....those 2 inches make all the difference....so Im told.

It’s about time we signed another Fofana.

What is the plural of Fofana, Fofanae? 'A flock of Fofanae' has a nice ring to it. Better than 'unused subs'.

23 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Given how the other young French wingers turned out I’d prefer not to miss out on this one if he’s the real deal.

Malick Fofana is Belgian

Just now, Wilfried said:

Malick Fofana is Belgian

Whoops

3 hours ago, Wilfried said:

Malick Fofana is Belgian

Well we have a good hit rate with Belgian wingers

He's not ready. Not even close.

Just now, BordeauxBlue said:

He's not ready. Not even close.

BlueCo are definitely signing him then....

Would be a great signing for Forest

Elanga replacement if he goes for big bucks.

Too expensive, good player, not enough experience so we will probably sign him

16 hours ago, NestorGarde said:

He needs to worry about getting regular game time for his development than prioritising a CL team. If a CL is trying to make room in their squad to fit him in, then he isn’t seen as priority.

On 27/06/2025 at 11:35, Valerie said:

What is the plural of Fofana, Fofanae? 'A flock of Fofanae' has a nice ring to it. Better than 'unused subs'.

I like it when we sign a Fofana. This one got injured before we could sign him. Thats the thing with Fofana's.