“We have to question ourselves”
So far, OGC Nice has not lived up to its sporting expectations in Ligue 1, after eight matchdays it is only 13th place. Captain and ex-Bundesliga defender Dante (38) does not see the responsibility for this with returning coach Lucien Favre, but with the management of the club.
“We have to question ourselves because we have a pretty big lack of points compared to our ambitions,” said Dante (quoted via “RMC Sports”) after the 0-1 home defeat against Angers SCO. “The coach must be left out. It’s too easy to target him. If you give him his team 24 hours before the end of the transfer window, you are less credible when you ask yourself questions about his qualities. Everything has yet to come together.”
On September 5 – after Deadline Day – the OGC announced the signing of midfielder Ross Barkley (28), who was out of contract after his contract was terminated. On the final day of the transfer window, centre-forward Amine Gouiri (22) joined Stade Rennes for €28m while Gaëtan Laborde (28) went the opposite route for up to €15m. A week earlier, attacker and France U21 international Sofiane Diop (22) arrived from AS Monaco – including bonuses, he could become the club’s most expensive signing.
Harit to Soler: top transfers on Deadline Day in summer 2022
Amine Harit | Schalke -> Marseille | Market value: €10 million
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Serhou Guirassy | Stade Rennes -> VfB Stuttgart | Market value: €10 million
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Wilfried Gnonto | Zurich FC -> Leeds | Market value: €10 million
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Transfer fee: €4.5 million
Ainsley Maitland Niles | Arsenal -> Southampton | Market value: €10 million
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Aster Vranckx | VfL Wolfsburg -> AC Milan | Market value: €10 million
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Wout Faes | Stade Reims -> Leicester | Market value: €10 million
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Transfer fee: €17 million
Stefan Posch | TSG Hoffenheim -> Bologna | Market value: €10 million
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Loïc Bade | Rennes Stadium -> Nottingham Forest | Market value: €12 million
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Billy Gilmour | Chelsea -> Brighton | Market value: €12 million
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Transfer fee: €10.4 million
Maxi Gomez | Valencia -> Trabzonspor | Market value: €12 million
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Transfer fee: €3 million
Idrissa Gueye | PSG -> Everton | Market value: €12 million
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Transfer fee: €10 million
Krzysztof Piatek | Hertha BSC -> Salernitana | Market value: €12 million
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Loan (fee: €1m)
Marcos Alonso | Chesea contract terminated | Market value: €12 million
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Ethan Ampadu | Chelsea -> Spezia | Market value: €13 million
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Justin Kluivert | AS Roma -> Valencia FC | Market value: €15 million
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Pierre Emerick Aubameyang | Barcelona -> Chelsea I Market value: €15m
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Transfer fee: €12 million
Florian Grillitsch | to Ajax after contract end at TSG | Market value: €16 million
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Free transfer
Duje Caleta Car | Olympique Marseille -> Southampton | Market value: €16 million
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Kasper Dolberg | OGC Nice -> Seville | Market value: €17 million
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DanielJames | Leeds -> Fulham | Market value: €18 million
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Arthur | Juventus->Liverpool | Market value: €18 million
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Loan (fee: €4.5m, option to buy: €37.5m)
Gaëtan Laborde | Stade Rennes -> OGC Nice | Market value: €18 million
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Transfer fee: €10 million
Julian Draxler | PSG -> Benfica | Market value: €18 million
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Umar Sadiq | UD Almería -> Real Sociedad | Market value: €18 million
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Transfer fee: €20 million
André Gomes | Everton -> Lille | Market value: €18 million
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Sergino Dest | Barcelona -> ACMilan | Market value: €18 million
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Abdou Diallo | PSG -> RB Leipzig | Market value: €18 million
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Hector Bellerin | Arsenal -> FC Barcelona | Market value: €20 million
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Julian Weigl | Benfica -> Gladbach | Market value: €22 million
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Jan Bednarek | Southampton -> Aston Villa | Market value: €22 million
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Denis Zakaria | Juventus -> Chelsea | Market value: €27 million
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Leander Dendoncker | Wolverhampton -> Aston Villa | Market value: €28 million
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Transfer fee: €15 million
Manuel Akanji | Borussia Dortmund -> Man City | Market value: €30 million
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Transfer fee: €17.5 million
Amine Gouiri | OGC Nice -> Stade Rennes | Market value: €42 million
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Transfer fee: €28 million
Carlos Soler | Valencia -> PSG | Market value: €50 million
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Transfer fee: €18 million (bonuses: €3 million)
Olympique Marseille’s center forward Bamba Dieng (22) had decided on Nice shortly before the transfer deadline, but failed the medical check as a result of a real transfer crime. Unlike winger Nicolas Pépé (27), who was brought in from Arsenal on August 25 for a year. Nice attacker Kasper Dolberg (24) meanwhile went on loan to Sevilla FC on Deadline Day with an option to buy. In total, the French signed 13 new players for a fee of 70 million euros – 33 million euros were taken from player sales.
OGC Nice is missing a sporting director after the departure of Fournier
After the departure of Julien Fournier after eleven years in the direction of Parma Calcio, Nice are still looking for a new solution in the position of sporting director. Dante also criticized that vacuum. “There were departures from the club that hurt us… (…) And today you can feel it. (…) The club is still looking for a sports director. Someone who supports the coach and that will also relieve him of some things,” explained the Brazilian.
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