• The Girondins de Bordeaux are working hard to rebuild their workforce during this summer transfer window. 

  • While a dozen players have left the ship, the club will have six recruits at the end of the week. 

  • By Tuesday, the club could still host a striker and a defender.

    But for that, it will be necessary to degrease first. 

If you work in the administrative, legal or even the Girondins de Bordeaux medical unit, you had better be well awake at this time. As expected, player movements have multiplied in Haillan in recent days after the acquisition of the club at the end of July by Gérard Lopez. The former president and owner of LOSC had warned, the workforce must undergo a major facelift this summer. It relies for that on its technical director, Admar Lopes, former right-hand man of Luis Campos and recognized for his qualities of peerless recruiter.

Since the start of the transfer window, around ten elements have left the Navy and White between players at the end of their contract, players released or loaned (Sabaly, Carrique, De Préville, Poundjé, Sow, Mandanda, Lauray or Ben Arfa).

During this time, the club has already announced the arrival of four recruits (Mangas, Mensah, Pembélé and Elis).

Young players with high potential who perfectly correspond to the trading project on which Gérard Lopez relies.

But above all things will accelerate even further in the coming hours.

Vitinho, the big blow of the transfer window? 

This Wednesday afternoon, Toma Basic will commit for five years with Lazio in Rome.

The young Croatian midfielder joins Italy for a check for 7 million euros (plus a million euros in bonus).

The Girondins will formalize in the wake of the arrival of Brazilian midfielder Fransergio for the next three seasons (plus one optional).

The former Braga player made his first collective training this Wednesday morning and should be able to play on Saturday near Nice (5 p.m.).

His transfer is valued at 5 million euros.

Girondins de Bordeaux: Why would Gérard Lopez succeed where the Americans failed?

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The club should also formalize today or tomorrow, the arrival of Jean Onana as revealed by RMC Sport. The midfielder arrives from Losc. He passed his medical examination successfully Tuesday afternoon and is now waiting at the hotel to sign his contract. The club will spend 2.3 million euros (plus bonuses and a% on resale) to afford the Cameroonian. He must commit for five years according to

L'Equipe.

But the most anticipated recruit this week is the Brazilian Vitinho.

The 21-year-old striker, still in training with Paranaense on Tuesday, should join the Gironde by the end of the week.

The Girondins could have achieved one of the blows of this transfer window, whether on a sporting or financial level.

There are many compliments on this dribbler.

And above all, the club should not spend much to afford it.

According to information from

20 Minutes,

Bordeaux should simply pay its clause of 3 million euros and offer a nice commission to its agents.

Far from the 10 million euros transfer mentioned in Brazil.

Admar Lopes expected on departures 

After these arrivals, Admar Lopes should not stop there. The Bordeaux technical director is still looking for a central defender and especially a striker. But to succeed, the Girondins will have to sell before. The departure of Yacine Adli to AC Milan is currently awaited while the transfer window will close its doors on Tuesday at midnight. The interest of the Italian club is perhaps not as strong as the Girondins want it to be believed and the player does not want to leave at all costs. The midfielder also showed a completely different attitude during the last match against Angers. Another market value of the workforce, Ui-jo Hwang, but the club has set its conditions: a transfer of at least 10 million euros. It chilled some of them.

Finally, the Girondins hope to obtain the departure of a few players at the end of their contract in a year like Briand, Bessilé, Benito and Pardo or to have offers for other players who will not be selected (Mexer, Bellanova, Traoré…).

Problem, the market remains sluggish and the question of the player's salary often remains a difficulty in negotiations.

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