Monaco director Thiago Scurro has spoken about the club’s plans for the January transfer window and hinted at the arrivals of Folarin Balogun and Lamine Kamara.
On a chaotic deadline day in the summer, Monaco hoped to make a major sale later on, but a proposed move for Balogun to Everton fell through.
However, as Balogun was close to leaving, this led to the Ligue 1 giants canceling the possibility of Kamara moving to Chelsea.
since then, talk about sports It is claimed that Liverpool are also interested in Kamara and have held preliminary talks over a possible deal.
What’s next for Folarin Balogun and Lamine Camara?
Scuro has now discussed the latest situation with Balogun and Camara ahead of January, offering some clues as to how this could all play out.
Monaco’s chief says plans to sell Balogun are still on the cards, with Arsenal likely to make a profit as they would have to pay a percentage of the fee. evening standard.
Despite this, Scurro also said that selling Balogun is key to the club retaining Kamara, so if they fail to sell the striker again, it may mean that Chelsea or Liverpool have another opportunity to snap up the Senegalese midfielder.
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“The original plan was to find a solution for Balogun. If we found that, Monaco would have the opportunity to keep Lamin and Golovin until the end of the season,” Scurro told RMC Sport (quoted and translated by the Evening Standard).
“It’s an ideal plan, but we have no control over the decisions and what happens in the winter.”
Chelsea desperately need Lamin Kamara
With every game that went on, Chelsea seemed to be getting hammered more and more as they couldn’t get Kamara over the line.
Xavi Alonso’s side are looking really poor in midfield at the moment, with Jordan Henderson and Valentin Barco pairing up in last night’s 3-0 defeat at Brentford.
With Moises Caicedo out injured and Enzo Fernandez leaving to join Manchester City on deadline day, Kamara looks like he could be the ideal replacement.
The Blues will certainly need to make every effort to reinstate deals over the winter, or find others to bolster this troubled position.