2023-07-20 06:06:07
If RC Lens formalized the departure of Seko Fofana towards Saudi Arabia and Al-Nassr on Tuesday, the artesian club also announced that the midfielder should become a shareholder to “accompany the club in its growth” .
Seko Fofana signed up with Al-Nassr but his story with RC Lens is not over. On Tuesday, the midfielder joined the Saudi club after three seasons in Ligue 1 under Franck Haise. However, the former captain will enter the Lensois shareholding.
Arrived from Udinese in August 2020 for 8.5 million euros, Seko Fofana left three years later for nearly 20 million euros. In the RC Lens press release, general manager Arnaud Pouille paid tribute to the player: “Seko arrived when the club was freshly promoted, with this ambition to help it regain its influence and the continental scene. Despite the requests, numerous, he has never turned away from this project which has become his, said the manager. During these three years, we have been able to preserve this pattern of confidence without ever departing from it. For a player of this caliber, this signing was risk taking, it spawned a romance.”
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“Supporting the club in its growth”
If he will now join Cristiano Ronaldo in particular at Al-Nassr, Seko Fofana should therefore remain linked to Lens: “If he joins a new project today, his attachment to Racing remains and vice versa. He could rematerialize in the future. in another form, continued Arnaud Pouille. And, proof of his deep attachment to Racing, he will very soon become the first player leaving a club to become a shareholder. concrete commitment is a strong act that anchors our relationship in time and underlines Seko’s confidence in the future of the club.”
By joining Al-Nassr, Seko Fofana will multiply his salary by six. He nevertheless left the north of France when Lens was preparing to return to the Champions League for the first time in 21 years, thanks to the exceptional 2022/2023 season of the artesian club, second in Ligue 1 one point behind. Paris SG. “I’m leaving, but I don’t forget you, promised Fofana. Thank you for everything.”
According to the RC Lens press release, Seko Fofana “has decided to support the club in its growth and to play a role in its strategy by entering the capital”. President of the RCL since June 2018, Joseph Oughourlian has been the majority shareholder since May 2016.
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