Foot: seven African players expected on the transfer market

Ivorian Franck Kessié, at the end of his contract with AC Mian.

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The summer football transfer market is now open in most major European leagues.

Here are seven African players who could animate this summer transfer window 2022. 

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Yves Bissouma

Some British media are already announcing it: the Malian midfielder will join Tottenham.

The Malian remains on a one-year contract at Brighton & Have Albion where he has been playing since July 2018. At 25, the former Lille resident seems in any case to be able to reach a new level, within a more upscale club.

Seko Fofana

Will you stay in Lens or not?

had a very solid season in France.

He has two years left on his contract with the Lensois.

The club's leaders, however, left the door open to the departure of their captain and metronome.

Even if they would obviously prefer to keep the former resident of Manchester City, Fulham (England) and Udinese (Italy).

Franck Kessie

The Ivorian international is free as the air.

His contract with AC Milan is about to expire, a few weeks after winning the Italian championship.

Much to the chagrin of many Milan fans who wanted to see the 25-year-old midfielder continue.

It remains to be seen where the torchbearer will land.

For several weeks, the Spanish press assured that everything was settled or almost with FC Barcelona.

Since then, no formalization has come.

Kalidou Koulibaly

Every summer, it's the same: the Italian press announces that it was probably Kalidou Koulibaly's last season in Naples.

And every year, the central defender remains, despite everything.

So why would he finally leave the Neapolitan formation?

Because after 8 years in southern Italy, the 30-year-old may be craving a new challenge and winning club titles.

Still, leaving for a new formation, a few months before the World Cup in Qatar, is not without risk for the Senegalese's performance with the Lions.

Sadio Mane

Mohamed Salah has said he will stay at Liverpool next season.

Uruguayan striker Darwin Nunez has just been recruited there for several tens of millions of euros.

So many elements which accredit the thesis of a departure of Sadio Mané, at the end of the contract in June 2023?

The person concerned, regularly quoted at Bayern Munich, is far from having denied and even had fun answering, during a press conference with the Lions: “ 

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Chancel Mbemba

His contract with FC Porto expires on June 30, 2022. The person concerned has just completed a new Portuguese Championship-Portuguese Cup double.

Has the versatile defender gone around the question with the FCP, a formation he joined in July 2018?

The Portuguese press assures that the Congolese has no shortage of suitors, in France and Turkey among others.

André Onana

The Cameroonian can go wherever he wants, his contract with Ajax Amsterdam ending in a few days.

The 26-year-old doorman has lived through long difficult months in the Netherlands since the end of 2020, between a suspension for doping and tensions with his leaders.

Will the ex-resident of FC Barcelona return to Spain or will he discover a new Championship?

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