Mohamed Simakan had been impressive at the Parc des Princes on December 23.

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  • Already close to joining AC Milan in the last transfer window, Mohamed Simakan should still shake up the transfer period to RC Strasbourg.

  • Few other movements are to be expected, at least not in the direction of arrivals.

    Thierry Laurey is satisfied with his current workforce.

  • Many players will be at the end of their contracts next June.

    Including Dimitri Liénard.

Here we go again for a few episodes!

With the opening of the winter transfer window last Saturday, the soap opera Mohamed Simakan could experience new twists.

Will the promising 20-year-old defender stay in Strasbourg?

Will he leave?

The subject should in any case agitate an Alsatian club where few movements seem to be expected.

At least not at the request of Thierry Laurey.

"At the present time, I believe that we have the workforce to be able to maintain ourselves so there is no reason why I strive to leave gum on this type of thought", explained the coach this Monday, he who should soon recover Lebo Mothiba and Matz Sels.

Long-injured, the South African striker and the Belgian goalkeeper are "coming back well" and are expected in the coming weeks.

"It will be two recruits because we have been waiting for them for several months," added the technician.

"We don't know what can happen" said Simakan

A priori, they should be the only ones in an already full squad (25 players).

It is even rather in the other direction that it will be necessary to look.

So first in the direction of Mohamed Simakan.

Already very close to joining AC Milan last October, the native of Marseille would still be one of the targets of the Lombard club.

Its sports director, Frederic Massara, assured Sky Sport on Sunday that there was "no progress" on this file but did quote the name of the young Strasbourg.

The door could open in case of nice offers.

Racing president Marc Keller has already proven this in the past, especially last winter with the transfer of Youssouf Fofana to Monaco against around 15 million euros.

“We do not know what can happen,” had eluded before the truce Mohamed Simakan, after a big performance at the Parc des Princes despite the defeat (4-0).

Calciomercato Milan, Massara: "Nessuna novità su Simakan, speriamo presto su Donnarumma" https://t.co/U9VmTT5OMO

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The case of Idriss Saadi will also be followed.

The center forward has not played at all or almost since his return from loan last summer and has only six months of contract.

Like Eiji Kawashima, Lamine Koné, Lionel Carole, Kenny Lala, Kévin Zohi or Dimitri Liénard.

They are therefore already free to engage wherever they want.

But that they do not come too claiming anything for the moment, warned Thierry Laurey Monday in a subliminal message.

"I have fairly recent examples of players who were with us who found themselves at the end of the contract and still have not found a club," recalled the coach, perhaps thinking of Jérémy Grimm or Benjamin Corgnet.

“If it can open the eyes of some back home, that will be a good thing.

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