While his arrival in Le Havre had been announced as imminent at the start of the week, in the company of Sofiane Boufal, Romain Faivre finally headed to Auxerre. The AJA formalized the signing of the French attacking midfielder (27 years old) on Thursday, who returned to Ligue 1 just six months after leaving it.
Transferred from Lyon to Bournemouth in 2023, for 15 million euros, the former French U21 international did not establish himself in England. So the Cherries successively sent him to Lorient, Brest then to Al-Taawoun, in Saudi Arabia. And so here he is again on loan in Burgundy, without a purchase option.
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“This is the profile I wanted, namely the experienced Ligue 1 playerrejoiced Christophe Pélissier.
We all know Romain’s qualities, but also what he needs to improve. That’s it, so he has to restart. In any case, the recruitments in January are a lot of players who need to get back on track. »
“He is someone who has the qualities to perform in Ligue 1, through his technical ability, his ability to be good in the final third of the pitch, and that is where he must bring us so much in terms of goals, quality of passes and above all also through his quality on set pieces”added the Auxerre coach.
