Wednesday, Mouscron welcomed its thirteenth recruit of the transfer window. Already ! Ismaël Sow arrives from the youth teams of the Girondins de Bordeaux, one of the two other clubs of the majority shareholder, Gérard Lopez. He is a right-back trained exclusively in the former club of Zinédine Zidane. At 20, he will compete with Frédéric Duplus for an incumbent position. The Franco-Senegalese comes in any case to fill a gap and allows to double the position in case of absence.
Balance the core
This transfer will certainly not be the last to the Gunner. Since the start of the preparation, Enzo Scifo has insisted on the importance of “balancing the workforce”. He had called him back after the initial loss to RWDM.
The most glaring lack is necessarily offensive. The screaming coach would like to play with two scorers. Whether in a 4-4-2 or in a 5-3-2. But for now, he doesn’t have enough players. As real “new”, he can only count on Virgiliu Postolachi who has not yet scored under the hurled colors, on Zakaria Atteri who is still tender considering his age and on Bison Gnohéré who missed a good part of the game. preperation. But the former Carolo made us understand that he was more motivated than ever to succeed in winning the Gunner. Mathéo Vroman, after his performance against Lommel, causes more danger from a flank.
Opportunities at the end of the transfer window
The supply of new blood therefore seems mandatory if the REM wants to forget about this finishing problem. In two meetings, the Hurlus only found the net once. And again, it was on a penalty scored by Mohamed. The president, Patrick Declerck, reminded us recently that Excel “was on several avenues to strengthen its attack. I have every confidence in Mbo Mpenza and Enzo Scifo to find the right players. However, we know that this type of profile is the most sought after. They are often very expensive at the start of the transfer window before seeing their price drop as they remain on the floor. With the Covid, this will be even more the case this season. Because clubs are no longer able to untie the purse strings as much. It’s up to us to seize the right opportunity while remaining within the budgetary limits we have set ”.
The concern is there. Recruiting a good goalscorer requires a financial effort. The number 216 is not particularly able to do this from the descent in D1B. Its budget has been cut by more than half. We must therefore be careful. Last season, management managed to lure Nuno Da Costa within hours of the transfer market closing. Will she be able to reproduce such an operation? We must hope so. Otherwise, the EMN may be in difficulty to score goals.
Get rid of big wages
But to succeed in such a transaction, Excel will also have to get rid of some (big) salaries. First of all that of Matias Silvestre. If he played a few good meetings during the previous exercise, the Argentine defender was sent back to the B core. His emoluments weigh heavily on the screaming finances and a departure seems inevitable. The former AC Milan has spoken with a few clubs in Italian Serie B as well as in his native country. But a solution seems complicated to find. His age (36) also comes into play.
