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Stade de Reims will be a part of AS Saint-Étienne and Montpellier HSC in making the drop to Ligue 2 for subsequent season after dropping to FC Metz within the relegation play-off on Thursday evening. There isn’t any scarcity of expertise on this Reims facet, which is able to inevitably be torn aside. The likes of Valentin Atangana, Yehvann Diouf, Amadou Koné, and Keito Nakamura now symbolize unimaginable market alternatives for golf equipment in search of a cut price. Get French Soccer Information picks out six gamers ripe for the taking from Ligue 1’s relegated sides.

Valentin Atangana (19) – Reims

In what was his first full season within the elite, Atangana has achieved his probabilities of a transfer no hurt this season, regardless of Reims’ relegation. Granted, there have been peaks and troughs within the France U21 worldwide’s season. He started very strongly beneath Luka Elsner earlier than a mid-season dip. He then got here again strongly in the direction of the top of the marketing campaign however struggled within the relegation play-off towards Metz. Fluctuation is regular, particularly for a participant of their first season and one needs to be a firefighter in a struggling facet. He covers the bottom properly, is combative, and can also be robust when it comes to ball retention, nonetheless, within the No.6 position, he was anticipated to be a miracle employee at instances and, naturally, he was left over-exposed. Regardless of his athletic capabilities, he couldn’t be all over the place without delay, placing out a number of fires throughout the pitch. His is a profile that will probably be extremely wanted, both by Ligue 1 golf equipment, who will as soon as once more be cash-strapped, and even by Premier League sides.

Lucas Stassin (20) – Saint-Étienne

Stassin arrived for large cash in the summertime and initially struggled to reside as much as the €10m price ticket, nonetheless, he got here into his personal because the season progressed, ending the marketing campaign as Saint-Étienne’s high scorer in Ligue 1 with 12 objectives. He completed the season injured and that definitely had a bearing on ASSE’s destiny within the remaining video games. There stays an inconsistency in Stassin’s ending however his poacher-like instincts, melded along with his direct operating, make him a handful for defenders. His link-up can also be robust, too, with the Belgian registering 5 assists in Ligue 1. Reviews recommend that, had he not been injured, his type would have earned him a primary Belgium call-up for the upcoming worldwide break.

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It stays to be seen whether or not Stassin will actually be a cut price. Saint-Étienne are not too long ago moneyed and are able to retaining their key property, nonetheless, ought to Stassin push for a transfer, Les Verts’ hand could also be compelled. Regardless, it has been instructed that they might ask for as a lot as €20m. However inside the context of the centre-forward market, for a 20-year-old participant pushing for a spot within the Belgium set-up, and who has confirmed himself in Ligue 1, it’s definitely value a punt.

Bećir Omeragić (23) – Montpellier

A lot of Montpellier’s most bankable property have already departed. Mousa Al-Taamari, Akor Adams, and Arnaud Nordin all left in January, while Maxime Estève left the earlier season. There stay a few promising midfielders within the type of Khalil Fayad and Joris Chotard – the latter gained the silver medal with France in final summer season’s Olympics. Nonetheless, neither has had a powerful marketing campaign and can battle to fetch large charges this summer season. The identical doesn’t apply to Omeragić, who, regardless of forming a part of the worst defence in Ligue 1 final season, nonetheless comes out of the marketing campaign with a level of credit score. The Swiss worldwide suits the mould of the trendy centre-back, calm on the ball and progressive with it. He’s a powerful field defender, too, and is due to this fact nice in implementing a low-block. Montpellier’s monetary points imply {that a} sale is obligatory, and it leaves shopping for golf equipment ready of nice energy. He may price as little as €5m and that may be a steal for a participant of his high quality and for one who has already been strongly linked with a transfer to the Premier League.

Yehvann Diouf (25) – Reims

Diouf has proven over the course of the season that he’s prepared for an elite membership. He’s the one cause that Reims’ relegation was not computerized. The Ivorian has one of the best post-shot xG figures not solely in Ligue 1, however in Europe’s high 5 leagues, while he additionally made the fifth most saves in Europe’s high 5 leagues. Diouf was dreadfully over-exposed all through the marketing campaign and was a invaluable final line of defence, and one of the best goalkeeper, statistically, in Ligue 1.

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The most effective shot-stopper in Ligue 1, the Reims captain ought to be thought-about by a number of the elite golf equipment in France; the likes of OGC Good and AS Monaco are available in the market for goalkeepers this summer season and Diouf shouldn’t be ignored. At 25, he’s younger for a goalkeeper however already wears the armband and has accrued a substantial amount of expertise. This was Diouf’s third full season as Reims’ No.1 and, regardless of relegation, it was his most completed.

Zuriko Davitashvili (24) – Saint-Étienne

The Georgian is maybe the identify that jumps off the sheet. Davitashvili, alongside Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Georges Mikautadze, is a part of this vanguard of rising Georgian expertise. In his first season in Ligue 1, he netted 9 objectives and registered eight assists. It’s a appreciable return from a participant in a crew that was relegated. An attention grabbing participant, sure compromises need to be made to accommodate Davitashviili, and there are recommendations that at instances he’s too individualistic, however his is a profile that’s as soon as once more in vogue. Only a few kilometres down the highway in Lyon, Rayan Cherki is doing related issues, albeit on the next degree, however Davitashvili and Cherki fall into the identical class of mavericks that the sport shifting away from simply a few years in the past. Cherki is now some of the coveted gamers available on the market, and Davitashvili could possibly be, too. Like Stassin, he falls into the class of maybe being more durable to acquire, on account of Saint-Étienne’s robust monetary footing. They gained’t be determined to promote, however Davitashvili, who performed the earlier marketing campaign in Ligue 2 with Girondins de Bordeaux, will probably be determined to not take a step again in his profession.

Keito Nakamura (24) – Reims

Junya Ito will naturally be a participant strongly linked with a departure, as will Mamadou Diakhon, linked with a big-money transfer to the Bundesliga. Nonetheless, out of Reims’ forwards, Nakamura has had the strongest marketing campaign. Like his compatriot Takumi Minamino down in Monaco, Nakamura wanted time to regulate in Ligue 1. He arrived with nice expectations in his first season however did not reside as much as them. This season, he delivered, netting 11 objectives in Ligue 1, a substantial complete for a participant who has performed on the wing.

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A flexible ahead, he has proven an eye fixed for objective this season and could be an fascinating, and now low cost choice for a lot of golf equipment in Ligue 1.

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