The future of Elye Wahi agitates this end of the summer transfer window. Author of 19 goals and 6 assists in 33 matches in all competitions last season, the Montpellier HSC striker is moving further and further away from the Hérault city. Although present in the group communicated by the MHSC for the meeting against Olympique Lyonnais, this Saturday at 7 p.m., the native of Courcouronnes should, in fact, quickly offer himself a new challenge.
Recently, we revealed to you that RC Lens, looking for a new scorer after the departure of Lois Openda, was busy behind the scenes. Seduced by the profile of the international hopeful tricolor, the Sang et Or have thus accelerated on this file. Able to match the amount requested by the MHSC (between €30 and €35 million including bonus), the RCL – qualified for the next Champions League and with large sums of money recovered thanks to the sales of Openda and Seko Fofana – still had to agree with the player.
Lens wins the day for Elye Wahi!
It is now done since we are able to tell you that Elye Wahi has chosen to join the artesian club. Initially Wahi wanted to discover a foreign championship, but was convinced by the Lensois project. The 1m84 right-hander even hoped to be part of the group called up to face Stade Rennais on Sunday evening. One thing is certain, Lens – who had definitely stopped negotiations with Chuba Akpom (since gone to Ajax) – is about to complete this hot file. A nice blow to come for the last second in Ligue 1 which will therefore have finally taken the best of West Ham, which has not managed to give the necessary guarantees, and Frankfurt, which has seen its offer rejected.
If we revealed to you that the artesian club was advancing in parallel on the track leading to Hugo Ekitike, the Lensois leaders have therefore finally found common ground with the higher echelons of Montpellier for the transfer of Elye Wahi. Still according to our indiscretions, a final agreement has even been reached between the different parties and the young striker must leave Montpellier in the next few hours to commit to Lens. Therefore, the player passed by Montfermeil is expected this Saturday to pass his medical examination and, barring a huge turnaround, he will sign his new contract with the Sang et Or in the process. The end of a very long soap opera…
