2017: a new record for a winter transfer window in Ligue 1
At the end of December, I revealed the information you need to know before the 2017 winter transfer window begins. The news of Ligue 1 foreshadowed some good moves and the least we can say is that we were not disappointed! Indeed, with €156m spent to attract recruits from abroad, this 2017 winter transfer window broke a new record for Ligue 1. Our football championship thus places itself this winter in 3rd position among those who have the more invested in the winter transfer market in 2017. With only 38 M€ generated by the sale of players, the balance of L1 is even heavily in deficit which is quite unusual (-113 M€). The French championship is nevertheless overtaken by the English Premier League (253.8 million euros) and the Chinese Super League (218.7 M EUR) and their record recruitments.
But let’s take stock of the main movements of players who animated Ligue 1 this winter and contributed to panicking the counters…
OM unveil a taste of American power
Arrived last fall, Frank McCourt, the new American owner of OM had no control over summer recruitment. Today represented by President Jacques-Henri Eyraud, OM have decided to strike hard by recruiting four big names from this winter transfer window. Two confirmed Ligue 1 players have thus arrived with Morgan Sanson (Montpellier) and Grégory Sertic (Bordeaux), as well as two French internationals with veteran Patrice Evra (Juvintus of Turin) and the new darling of the blues Dimitri Payet (West Ham). Players already likely to revive the Marseille club to the heights if the mayonnaise takes quickly. But this is only a first step before next summer since Olympique de Marseille would have an envelope of 200 million euros (excluding salaries) to build a team worthy of the name in the years to come. .
Om’s 2017 winter transfer window: Morgan Sanson Patrice Evra Dimitri Payet Grégory Sertic
PSG plays the promising youngsters card
On the PSG side, the announced objective was to find a top striker capable of relieving Cavani, whose position has not really doubled since Ibrahimovic’s departure from Manchester United. A task not so simple despite the millions of Qataris, the options for standing in this position are not numerous on the market. Having failed to find the rare pearl, Patrick Kluivert fell back on promising young players with the arrival of Julian Draxler (23-year-old German international attacking midfielder from Wolfsburg), Gonçalo Guedes (23-year-old Portuguese striker from Benfica) and Giovani Lo Celso (20-year-old Italian-Argentinian midfielder, Rosario). If Draxler has already shone in his first games and threatens the more than questionable starting status of Di Maria, the other two are more like bets for the future and will have to try to grab playing time in this second half of the season. .
review of the 2017 winter transfer window at Paris SG: Draxler, Guedes and Lo Celso
The amount spent by Paris SG to recruit this winter is thus €70m, including €40m for Draxler. This is the largest amount for a club and a player in all championships during this winter transfer window 2017!
OL bet everything on Memphis Depay
As for Olympique Lyonnais, Jean-Michel Aulas bet everything on Memphis Depay, a young Dutch international striker who never really managed to break into Manchester United. He arrived in exchange for a large check for €16 million plus nine million in bonuses. The talent of the Dutchman is not to be questioned but the bet remains risky for a player who has not yet shone with his consistency at the highest level. The Olympique Lyonnais calendar and the next matches should give us some answers..
2017 winter transfer window at OL: arrival of Memphis Depay with Jean-Michel Aulas and his coach Bruno Genesio
Nice and Monaco satisfied with their workforce, but are refining
After a perfect first half of the season and a surprising autumn championship title, OGC Nice undeniably has a quality workforce, but perhaps a little tight in number to last over time. The experienced Moroccan midfielder Mounir Obbadi has therefore come to swell the ranks of the Aiglons from LOSC.
winter transfer window 2017: nice Mounir Obbadi – monaco, Jorge
On the side of AS Monaco, the workforce of Leonardo Jardim has also been able to respond perfectly and already seems cut out to play on all fronts. Only Jorge, a young Brazilian defender from Flamengo, arrived to double as left-back.
Lille offers seven recruits in 24 hours in the final sprint
At Losc, which flirts with the relegation zone, it was necessary to do something to strengthen the workforce and everything happened in the last few weeks.
