August 29, 2020 at 7:05 p.m. by Thomas
At this stage of the summer transfer window, Ligue 1 clubs have invested nearly € 300 million in transfer compensation.
Reopened in mid-August, the transfer market is currently in full swing in Ligue 1. Finally, not everywhere, if there are particularly active clubs, others have not yet flinched (the Girondins de Bordeaux), or were limited to only lifting the purchase options in the loans of certain players. This is the case at PSG (Mauro Icardi), FC Nantes (Moses Simon), OM (Alvaron Gonzalez), ASSE (Timothée Kolodziejczak) …
PSG, OM, ASSE or Nantes have only exercised the options
Others, on the other hand, did not wait to complete some or all of the summer shopping. Some, like the LOSC, taking advantage of the funds of a large successful player transfer (Osimhen in Naples), another is the Stade Rennais, thanks to the qualification for the next Champions League, Nice because the new shareholders continues its action plan and the promoted, RC Lens and FC Lorient who show, by this transfer window, that they have the ambition and the means to defend it.
LOSC, Rennes or the graduates have already made good progress in their transfer window
In total, this Friday, August 28, the twenty clubs in Ligue 1 invested just under 300 million euros in transfer fees, without the possible bonuses on certain operations. This is worth an average of 15 million euros, on the border between the transfer window of Lorient and that of Metz. The professional clubs of France still have time to strengthen, the market is open for them, until October 15th.
The biggest spending Ligue 1 clubs so far in the transfer market
Paris = 50 M € (Icardi)
Lille = 32.3 M € (Lihadji, David)
Rennes = 31 M € (Guirassy, Terrier, Aguerd)
Nice = 27.3 M € (Gouiri, Lotomba, Bambu, Kamara …)
Monaco = 23.5 M € (Disasi, Henrique, Musaba)
Lens = 20.5 M € (Fofana, Ganago, Medina …)
Lorient = 15.5 M € (Grbic, Diarra, Monconduit)
Metz = 14.7 M € (N’Doram, Kouyaté, Vagner …)
Lyon = 13 M € (Toko-Ekambi, Özkacar)
Montpellier = 12.3 M € (Mavididi, Omlin)
Angers = 11 M € (Bernardoni, Doumbia, Ebosse)
Reims = 11 M € (Berisha, Donis, Hornby …)
Brest = 10.6 M € (Honorat, Hérelle, Tavares, etc.)
Nîmes = 5.75 M € (Cubas, Benrahou, Meling)
Nantes = 5 M € (M. Simon)
Saint-Etienne = 4.5 M € (Kolodziejczak)
Dijon = 4.4 M € (Panzo, Dobre)
Marseille = 4 M € (Gonzalez)
Strasbourg = 2 M € (Waris)
Bordeaux = 0