Free since the end of his Bordeaux contract last June, Hatem Ben Arfa has signed up for Lille until the end of the season. The French champion has also announced the departure in the form of a loan with option to buy Yusuf Yazici at CSKA Moscow.
has moved towards Lille. A few days after signing FC Ble winger Edon Zhegrova for 7 million euros, the northern club accelerated in this winter transfer window.
Ben Arfa for 6 months
As expected in recent hours, the Lille team has announced the arrival of Hatem Ben Arfa (34). Free since the end of his commitment to Bordeaux, last June, the French attacking midfielder, who was training at the Luchin estate, signed a six-month contract in favor of the Mastiffs.
This is the seventh Ligue 1 club where the native of Clamart has signed after Olympique Lyonnais, Olympique de Marseille, Nice, Paris Saint-Germain, Rennes and Bordeaux. A recruitment of experience which remains however bone for a team still in contention in the Champions League and which always seeks to grab a place for the podium.
Yazici signs in Russia
At the same time, LOSC formalized the departure of Yusuf Yazici (24). Despite a more than convincing last season, the Turkish attacking midfielder never managed to find his place in Jocelyn Gourvennec’s system. The playmaker passed by Trabzonspor, recruited for 19.5 million euros in the summer of 2019, will try to revive on the side of CSKA Moscow, where he is ready until the end of the current financial year with an option purchase, the amount of which has not been specified. See you in the coming weeks to find out if the departure of Yazici combined with the arrival of Ben Arfa will bear fruit.
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