Sevilla chief Victor Orta reveals ‘giant’ Boubakary Soumare interest after Leicester City exit
Latest Leicester City news from LeicestershireLive after Boubakary Soumare’s move from the Foxes to La Liga side Sevilla
Boubakary Soumare has been thanked by Sevilla director of football Victor Orta for the financial sacrifices he has made to ensure he could join from Leicester City this summer.
The French midfielder left the King Power Stadium to join the La Liga side on deadline day in a season-long loan with an option to buy.
Soumare played 59 times for City and remains contracted to the Foxes until 2026.
And former Leeds United director Orta has admitted that they “contacted him a long time ago” but a deal was complicated due to the club’s finances. Orta says that Soumare took a significant pay cut to secure the move.
“Personally, I want to thank him for the effort he has made, real, in numbers, financially, which is what is shown by the people who want to wear this shirt,” he said via Marca.
“We contacted him a long time ago, but we had to hold on until we were able to release economic control to register him and he waited for us until the last day.
“Giant teams, giants, Italian champions playing in the Champions League called him, with a French coach, logically, but he wanted to wait for us, so I want to thank him.”
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Nampalys Mendy in Lens transfer and Peter Schmeichel on the move to Anderlecht, what is said about it all
Nampalys Mendy finally found a club this summer, joining Ligue 1 club Lens. Lens are second to bottom in the top flight after four games and to get the experienced Senegal international in, probably is a good move as we all now the abilities of our former central defensive midfielder.
Kasper Schmeichel is joining Anderlect as the Danish influence grow at the Belgian club. Yesterday rumours were that also Jannik Vestergaard would be on the move to join up with his former teammate.
Mendy (31) had a bitter sweet life at Leicester being a bit on the fringe, but getting called on when you were expecting everything else, also at times being totally withdrawn from all action as well as being loaned out to his former club Nice. In total 118 cup and league games for Leicester, scoring his only goal in that massive 4-1 win vs. Spurs last season.
He jumped at a chance to start playing internationally for Senegal back in 2021 and since played 27 times for the nation. He has been a pivotal player for his new country, playing at the Qatar World Cup and also winning AFCON in 2021, being a trusted member of their first eleven under head coach Aliou Cisse. Mendy was last in action for the national team when they in a friendly played Brazil in June, sensationally winning 4-2, with Mendy in the heart of midfield.
He had a stiff competition at Leicester, but surely with what we know at this moment a player that could have started alongside Ndidi who could have been given a free role with Youri Tielemans and James Maddison also in the there, so sad to see those possible options almost never used.
Kasper Schmeichel will continue his life in football with Anderlecht, said to have turned down opportunities in England, earlier on linked with both Chelsea and Forest. This is surely a move that explains Schmeichel’s desire to play on for Denmark as well as having a first team spot and get regular first team football.
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