Ajorque, Dijku, Stéphan… What transfer window for RC Strasbourg?

• The season ended badly for RC Strasbourg, beaten in Marseille and finally 6th in Ligue 1. Either without a European Cup at the start of the school year.

• This non-qualification could have consequences for the transfer window of the Alsatian club.

• What to expect this summer?

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“The hardest part is yet to come.

“From Saturday evening after the slap received in Marseille (4-0), Dimitri Liénard warned.

Present since 2013 at the club, the captain of RC Strasbourg knows it: the seasons follow one another and are rarely alike.

Very good sixths of this exercise, the Alsatians should be even more expected when they resume.

With which players?

anticipates the transfer window, which will begin on June 10.

They will always be there

For them, there is no suspense.

A true emblem of Racing,

, 34, will honor his last year of contract at the start of the school year.

Like the much-loved veteran goalkeeper

(39) and defender

(32).

At the same age and author of a very good season for his return to Ligue 1 (11 goals),

will not move either.

His partner will always be his main balloon provider,

.

The purchase options of

(ex-OM) and

(ex-Monaco) have just been exercised.

's contract extension

should soon follow, him the basic man of the game system of Julien Stéphan.

The coach is also counting on his former player in Rennes,

, who amazed his world at the same time as he stabilized the Strasbourg defense.

The cases of the young defender

, who arrived last winter from Valenciennes, and all the promises of the training center (

,

and

) are also settled.

The first two succeeded in their first steps this season, the third played little and was rather disappointed.

Finally, the Polish

will certainly have another chance after a year of adaptation.

They could leave

The final non-qualification for a European Cup could clearly weigh on some elements.

The most notable example leads to

.

After four full seasons (50 goals, 26 assists), the striker could legitimately want a new challenge.

It will not depend only on him since he has two years left on his contract.

An interest from Lille had been mentioned for a time, knowing that its size could also adapt to the German or English championships.

According to the transfermatkt site, the Reunionese represents the highest market value of the Alsatian club (15 million euros).

In the event of a good offer, its president Marc Keller could thus yield.

The reasoning also applies to Habib Diallo (12 million euros), a profile that may please.

Same for

, one year from the end of his lease and while the defender is valued at 9 million euros.

Other “bankable” players,

(8 million) and

(6 million).

Both are still young, coming out of a good season, and have been in Alsace for at least four years.

An exit voucher is not unthinkable if a club aligns itself with Strasbourg requirements.

Finally,

was recently named to the UNFP trophies for the best goalkeeper in Ligue 1. The Belgian was not rewarded but his skill is recognized everywhere, after a 2020-2021 season of injury.

A possible departure cannot therefore be ruled out.

With big nuances: the players mentioned here will not all leave during this off-season.

It would be inconceivable with the desire for constant progress of Racing, a financially healthy club.

They are going to leave

Eleven years !

Arrived in 2011 at the Alsatian training center and at the end of the contract,

has already signed up with Mainz, in the Bundesliga.

Le Lorrain will leave a void in his left lane, just like

on the right.

The latter officially returns to Aston Villa, where he has one year left on his contract.

And after ?

He hinted that he would like to return to Alsace… Provided of course that Racing agrees with an English club presented as greedy in transfer compensation (5 million euros).

' lease

will not be renewed.

The Ghanaian striker, remobilized by Julien Stéphan, has never won on the banks of the Krimmeri.

The finding is similar for

.

Loaned since this winter to Charleroi (Belgium), the still young goalkeeper (25 years old) is no longer really part of the Strasbourg plans.

What recruits then?

It's still not official, but there's no doubt about it.

The left side of FC Metz,

will engage free with Racing.

This will not be the only signing of the summer in Alsace.

Julien Stéphan has often repeated this season: he had a "qualitative but not quantitative" workforce.

All departures will be compensated, or even more.

The off-season promises to be hectic in Strasbourg.

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