A few days before the end of the winter transfer window, Bafetimbi Gomis terminated his contract with the Al-Hilal club. An ideal profile for ASSE.
ASSE Mercato: Gomis, a great move for the Greens?
Everything could well get carried away in the next few days at AS Saint Etienne. After the successive arrivals of Joris Gnagnon (formalized last week), Bakary Sako, Sada Thioub, Paul Bernardoni and Eliaquim Mangala, the Greens continue their search in attack. Priority sector of Pascal Dupraz for this winter transfer window, the leaders of Saint-Etienne have been struggling for weeks to sign a high-level center forward, despite several issues explored.
While the track Jean-Philippe Mateta, a weather very close to Forez, has cooled considerably in recent days, ASSE continues to explore some interesting, albeit unexciting, options, such as the return of Robert Beric, scheduled for later this week. Nevertheless, in this long crossing of the desert, Pascal Dupraz could well be helped by a former member of the house, Bafetimbi Gomis.
If the trail leading to the black panther seemed unreal some time ago, it seems plausible now, since the former Greens striker has just terminated his contract with the club. Al Hilal in Saudi Arabia, a club where he had shone since the summer of 2018. Two championships, a King’s Cup, a Supercup and an Asian Champions League later, the French international decided to offer himself a new challenge at 36 years old.
Free on the market, a few days before the end of the winter transfer window, Bafé could join for free the Loire to lend a hand to his former team, which has been fighting since the start of the season not to go down to Ligue 2. If no rapprochement has officially been made between the club and the French striker, it is very likely that the profile of Gomis arouses the interest of the leaders of Saint-Etienne by the end of January.
Turkey in pole position
According to Foot Mercato, Bafétimbi Gomis would nevertheless be in direct contact with two Süper Lig clubs, Fenerbahce and Galatasaray (club where he excelled during the 2017/2018 season), Al-Rayyan’s club in Qatar would also have positioned itself. If all these clubs have a financial advantage to convince the player to join their ranks, ASSE will still have a good card to play, in particular via its president. Roland Romeyer, who, as the media reminds us, has always dreamed of repatriating the native of Seyne-sur-Mer.