Juma Bah officially joins the OGC Nice on loan. The central defender arrives from Manchester City and gave his preference to the Aiglons compared to OL, just relegated to Ligue 2 by the DNCG.
The young Sierra-Léonais central defender of Manchester City, Juma Bah, 19, was loaned to the OGC Nice, without the option of purchase, announced on Wednesday evening the French Riviera club. Last season, Bah was first loaned to Real Valladolid where he played 12 Liga games and one in the King’s Cup.
From January 2025, the young international defender (2 selections), was loaned to Lens with whom he played ten Ligue 1 games and where he was “Very efficient”according to Florian Maurice, the sports director of the Aiglons. In Nice, which will compete in the 3rd preliminary round of the Champions League in early August, Bah will enter into the rotation of the axial defenders that Franck Haise intends to make.
A defense decimated by injuries
The presence of the imposing (1.95m) a native defender of Freetown will expand a private sector of the Egyptian Mohamed Abdelmonem and the Burundian Youssouf Ndayishimiye, both seriously injured in a knee, which will not be operational before the end of winter, and where Italian Mattia Viti, back from Empoli, should not be kept.
