In search of a replacement for Loïs Openda, Racing Club de Lens could make a big splash on the transfer market.
The operation had the effect of a small bomb, in the middle of the week. It will be a milestone in the history of Racing Club de Lens since it represents the most lucrative sale of the artesian club on the transfer market. By selling Loïs Openda to RB Leipzig for compensation that could reach 50 million euros with various bonuses, Lens hit hard, also forcing the German team to pay an unprecedented amount.
Still, Racing Club de Lens must now find a suitable replacement for the one who had been its number 1 attacking asset last season. No small feat. Because Openda, which had made a remarkable statistical copy with 21 goals in Ligue 1 on the clock, was one of the great architects of the exceptional season of the Blood and Gold. In this context, the recruitment unit must not be mistaken, at the dawn of a season marked by the club’s great return to the Champions League.
Mercato: Lens is tackling a very big file
While the newspaper L’Équipe announced that the club had started contact with a “player who knows Ligue 1 very well”, the specialized site Lensois.com reveals the identity of the Sang et Or target: it would be by Michy Batshuayi. Aged 29, this Belgian international, like Openda, now belongs to Fenerbahçe and his price would be largely affordable since it would be estimated at 10 million euros. Passed by Olympique de Marseille at the start of his career, the Belgian also has the advantage of knowing the French championship. To be continued…
