Eager to leave Olympique Lyonnais this winter, striker Karl Toko Ekambi has chosen to join Rennes. The Breton club has reached an agreement with OL for a paid six-month loan.
Toko Ekambi will leave OL
The emergency is settled at Stade Rennais. Barring a last-minute twist, the Breton club is holding the replacement for Martin Terrier, injured and unavailable until the end of the season. It is indeed Karl Toko Ekambi (30 years old).
A six-month paying loan
For several days, Rennes had been in discussion with OL to get the Cameroonian international back. According to information from RMC and the daily Le Parisien, the case is now closed and the player has chosen to join the 5th in Ligue 1 as part of a six-month paid loan.
The former Angevin is expected in Brittany in the next 24 hours to undergo his medical examination and sign his contract with the Rouge et Noir. The latter will pay 1.5 million euros to secure the services of the Lyonnais during the second part of the season. Celta Vigo, which competed with Rennes in this case, offered 500,000 euros.
Toko Ekambi wanted to leave Lyon
Taken in dislike by some of the supporters of the Rhone club, the player had expressed his uneasiness to his direction and confided his desires elsewhere. An opportunity on which the Rennes leaders jumped, who were looking for a versatile striker to make up for Terrier’s unavailability in the second half of the season.
He is a player who knows the L1 and who has experience. He is able to play on the side, in the axis and in different systems, noted Bruno Genesio on Tuesday. I know he had a difficult time in Lyon, I know the context and I tell myself that in a more reassuring context, where he will be more confident, we might as well give him a boost. Toko Ekambi, author of 38 goals and 19 assists in 114 games with OL, only hopes for that.
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