Looks like another signing is close with reports of nice star Jean Michael seri. Anybody know anything about him?
Not a thing tbh. It strikes me that we've taken quite a while to focus in on him, so not sure if he's always been our second choice after Keita, or if he's someone that we just noticed while one of the club's scouts were watching the Nice -v- Ajax qualifiers from a couple of weeks ago. From a quick bit of research, he's 26 and seems to be reasonably steady in midfield (then again, that's based on his record in the French league). Smallish lad, at only 5'5. I'm sure the owners will like him, given he looks like he can be bought quite cheap. Whether he's a bargain, or a nearly ran, only time will tell but here's hoping
Didn't see him myself but my mate watched the Nice v Napoli game last night and said he was really poor
Jean Michaël #Seri's agent is in Barcelona today as the Ivory Coast midfielder closes in on a €40m move from Nice Ed Aaron's from the Guardian
Another lad most of us had never heard of who could have been a target for us, now apparently on the verge of signing for Barca.... Is he really that good, or are Barca going to pick him up as a squad player so that when they also come back for Coutinho in the days ahead, they'll have given us an extra kick in the nuts by signing the lad were were considering replacing Coutinho with ?
Yup, if a couple of clubs all lodged complaints about them at the same time, it might have an impact but lets not forget, they are Barca so they'll get off the hook a lot quicker than we most likely would.
From what I read it was PSG fucking this up. They apparently bid way more than the 40m figure barca did, Nice in turn tikd barca that the 40m release clause was only for a transfer within the French league. PSG done it out of spite from what I can gather.