One by one, the Turkish doors closed in the face of Nice, which wanted to part ways with Youcef Atal this winter, six months before the end of his contract: Galatasaray got Serge Aurier on loan, Trabzonspor recruited the Belgian Thomas Meunier, the promoted Pendikspor, did not convince the player… Friday, a few hours before the close of the transfer window in Turkey, only Adana Demirspor was still in the race.
So, the Aiglons worked to find an agreement with the 9th in the Süper Lig where Mario Balotelli plays in particular. While the negotiations were progressing well but were not yet complete, the 27-year-old had already taken off towards the fifth city in the country. In the afternoon, he had his medical examination and signed his loan until June. The end of a turbulent history between Atal and the OGCN, which will have a percentage on resale if Atal continues with the “blue lightning”.
Recruited in the summer of 2018 from Kortrijk (Belgium), the talented Algerian immediately adapted, having a top-flight first season (six goals in 29 L1 matches). The serious knee injury he suffered against Metz in December 2019 completely cut him off. Following his operation, he suffered a series of muscle injuries, notably to one thigh. One of his shoulders also failed, forcing him to go on the operating table again in the spring of 2022. Since the summer of 2019, he has only started 51 times in L1…
At the beginning of January, he was above all sentenced by the Nice Criminal Court to eight months in prison and a fine of 45,000 euros for having shared on his Instagram account a video of a preacher calling for “a black day on the Jews “. Youcef Atal, who appealed, had a very bad time with his seven-match sanction imposed by the disciplinary committee of the LFP but also the internal one of the OGCN. After relaunching at the CAN with Algeria (he started in the three group matches), he saw that he still had good odds. Approached by AEK Athens in mid-January, he refused the offer and it is therefore at Adana Demirspor that he hopes to reconnect with the thread of his club career.
2024-02-09 21:10:52
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