Monaco has just completed a remarkable coup when successfully recruiting Arsenal’s young star Folarin Balogun for 40 million euros. This 22-year-old striker is also the target of Chelsea, MU, Tottenham and Barca in the summer of 2023.
On Monaco’s homepage, it was officially announced that they successfully recruited this American player. The two sides signed a 5-year contract with a transfer fee of up to 40 million euros.
The reason why the Principality team “win quickly” in this case is because they do not want to miss the golden opportunity to own Balogun, after striker Breel Embolo suffered a long-term injury and it is likely that Kevin Volland will join Union Berlin at least. next hour.
In the 2022/23 season, Balogun played for Reims on loan from Arsenal and scored 21 goals in 37 matches in Ligue 1. Therefore, Monaco did not hesitate to spend a total cost of up to 40 million euros to recruit the player. USA, including 30 million euros paid immediately and 10 million bonuses depending on Balogun’s performance and achievements.
The successful purchase of Balogun has increased the total cost of increasing Monaco’s human resources in the summer of 2023 to 85 million euros. Previously, they bought goalkeeper Philipp Kohn, defenders Mohamed Salisu and Wilfried Singo and midfielder Denis Zakaria. This is a valuable reinforcement for the already very attractive Monaco attack.
Coming to Louis II Stadium, Balogun will have to compete for positions with names like Wissam Ben Yedder – who scored 4 goals in Ligue 1 2023/24, Takumi Minamino (3 goals and 2 assists), Aleksandr Golovin, Eliesse Ben Seghir, Krepin Diatta, Myron Boadu and Maghnes Akliouche.
It seems that there are too many options for 3 positions on the attack line in Monaco’s 3-4-2-1 formation this season.
