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The summer transfer window ended this Monday, September 2 in most European championships. Here are ten movements of African players to remember.
Nicolas Pépé, the most expensive African player in history
After an exceptional season with Lille in Ligue 1, which saw him score 24 goals in 49 games, Nicolas Pepe crossed the Channel to engage with Arsenal. The winner of the Marc-Vivien 2019 Award joined the Gunners this summer for five years in exchange for a transfer fee of 80 million euros. The Ivorian striker is the most expensive African player in history before the Gabonese Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Idrissa Gueye, finally at PSG
The Senegalese defensive midfielder, finalist of the CAN 2019, finally joins Paris Saint-Germain. Already announced in the club capital during the transfer window winter, the transfer had finally not occurred following the refusal of his club Everton to let him go. PSG returned to the charge this summer and the transfer was finally concluded around a four-year contract and a compensation of 30 million euros.
Ismaïla Sarr, the call of the Premier League
Author of a convincing season with the Stade Rennais which ended with a victory in the Coupe de France and 13 goals scored in 50 games, the young Senegalese striker of 21 years did not resist the call of the Premier League . Watford offered 30 million euros to the Stade Rennais, a nice added value for the Breton club who bought it 20 million euros in Metz two years earlier. Sarr has therefore engaged with the English club for five years.
Amadou Diawara, from Naples to Roma
AS Roma broke his piggy bank to enlist Amadou Diawara, who was only 22 years old in midfielder Guinea. The player left Naples this summer after a season plagued by injury (13 Serie A games). But that did not stop the Roman club from paying 21 million euros to make it come. " He is a talented player for those who have been watching the Italian league for a number of years, " said Guido Fienga, general manager of AS Roma when he signed on 1 July. Like last season with Napoli, Amadou Diawara will play the Europa League this year with the "Louve".
Moussa Djenepo, from Belgium to England
The Malian winger of the Standard de Liège has also been tempted by the Premier League. Author of 11 goals in 39 games with the Belgian club, Moussa Djenepo has signed a four-year contract with the Southampton club which has paid 16 million euros to engage the services of the young player of 21 years. And for now, the investment is rather well seen since the Malian has already scored a goal in just two games.
Ismael Bennacer, the best player of the CAN 2019 at AC Milan
Revelation of the CAN 2019 that he won with Algeria and which he was elected best player, Ismael Bennacer enters this season in a new dimension. The promising 21-year-old midfielder has signed a four-year contract with AC Milan. The player is a regular in the A series since he was a part of the Empoli team relegated last season. The transfer is estimated at 16 million euros.
Henry Onyekuru, a Nigerian on the Rock
Arriving at Everton in 2017, Henry Onyekuru has never been able to play a single game with the English club for lack of a work visa. The explosive Nigerian winger has been on loan for the last two seasons. First in Anderlecht in Belgium, then in Galatasaray where he finished the year 2018-2019 on 16 goals in 44 matches. Transferred this summer to AS Monaco for 13.5 million euros, the player of 22 years should bring speed to the game of the Monegasque club which remains on a complicated last season in Ligue 1.
Victor Osimhen, the good pick of Lille
To overcome the departure of Nicolas Pepe, the LOSC has made its market in Belgium and we can say that the club north had flair by recruiting the young Victor Osimhen . Transferred from Charleroi, where he scored 20 goals in 36 games, for 12 million euros, the striker signed for five years in Lille and he quickly acclimatized to his new team. In three games, the 20-year-old Nigerian is already leading the scorers with four goals.
Islam Slimani wants to revive in Ligue 1
Loaned last season by his Leicester club in Fenerbahçe, the Algerian striker who won the 2019 CAN, is coming out of several complicated seasons. At 31, he decided to revive in Monaco where his club agreed to lend him with an option to buy for the third consecutive season. For the moment, Slimani is on track to succeed because he has already scored three goals in just two games.
Adam Ounas, another Fennec on the French Riviera
Whenever he entered the field at CAN 2019 with Algeria, he brought that little spark that was sometimes missing from the Fennecs. But it is clear that even if he does not come out of a bad season with his club of Naples, Adam Ounas has not yet managed to win the Azurri who have agreed to lend him for a year at home. OGC Nice with a call option set at 25 million euros. The 22-year-old southpaw should be one of the key figures in Patrick Vieira's squad, which should allow him to rebound.