If Claude Puel will have to deal with his current workforce until January, an offensive reinforcement is expected at ASSE in the Mercato and it is towards Islam Slimani that the Castres would consider turning, as revealed by L’Equipe . Contact was established with the Algerian striker, who would not be insensitive to the interests of the Greens. But the task promises to be complicated. Slimani, at the end of his contract in June, has been out of the bench since his return from Monaco but at 32, he enjoys a very high salary (€ 380,000 per month). And the striker, who had scored 9 goals and delivered 8 assists on the Rock, keeps a good side in France. Already interested this summer, Lyon could return to the charge this winter in the event of the departure of Memphis Depay or Moussa Dembele.
Saliba wants to return
If the case does not look easy, the return of William Saliba, he would be on track, according to our information. The defender is still not playing at Arsenal and all parties are considering a return to the fold. Saliba was ready to agree to lower his salary to 100,000 € monthly to return to Saint-Etienne during the last days of the summer Mercato, but the case had collapsed at the last moment, Arsenal taking a little too long to send the last documents necessary to approval of the loan. Postponed ? Case (s) to follow …