All the clubs are in the starting blocks. The transfer window will open in a few hours and sports management is already ready to take action. For some, negotiations or at least information gathering have already started, as is the case for OM and OL. For the first Olympic, a left back and a false-footed winger are the priority profiles, for the second, recruits on all lines are targeted.
This start to the season did not live up to the ambitions of the two French clubs. For this second half of the season, they are not boxing in the same category, one still aiming for a place on the podium, the other still fighting for its maintenance. This does not prevent them from having an eye on the same players, as has already been the case in recent years. And this is again what is likely to happen during this winter 2024 transfer market.
OM and Amiri had already reached an agreement this summer
According to information from Bild, Nadiem Amiri is targeted by OM and OL. The 27-year-old midfielder has hardly played for Bayer Leverkusen since the start of the season. With his 78 minutes of play in all competitions, including 64 in a German Cup match against SV Sandhausen, a German 3rd division club, he is the replacement for the replacement in the mind of Xabi Alonso, whose team has been shining brightly since August.
Amiri was already courted by OM last summer, he had even reached an agreement with the Canebière club, which had reversed course after its non-qualification in the Champions League. The player was then about to join Leeds (Championship) before canceling everything at the last moment. A transfer estimated between €6 and €7 million had been mentioned. It is therefore a second attempt for the Phocéens, who will have to face competition from Les Gones.
Bayer does not want to part with it but it is at the end of its contract
The German media claims that contacts have already been made for a player who wishes to leave Bayer, due to lack of playing time. Loaned to Genoa for six months two years ago, the midfielder did not succeed to build on this experience on his return to Bayer. The leader of the Bundesliga does not really want to see him leave and weaken in numbers a squad competing on all fronts but Amiri is coming to the end of his contract next June. A major asset for interested clubs…
