Marseille managed to bring
Valentin Rongier of
Nantes , two days after the summer transfer market closed. The two clubs therefore finally reached an agreement in principle.
Marseille thus officially announced the signing of
Rongier Wednesday evening. This, 48 hours after the transfer window deadline in Ligue 1. How can this be explained?
Our website is interested in the subject to elucidate one and the other. \n\n\n
The FFF gives this advantage to Ligue 1 clubs
\n\n\nThere
French Football Federation gives clubs
League 1 and of
League 2 the possibility of using a “wildcard” and signing a player, even after the transfer window deadline. "A club of
League 1 or
League 2 may use a "joker" from the day after the summer window until the day before the winter window", indicates point four of article 213. "Only players holding a license from the
French Football Federation for the current season may be included." \n\n\n\nThus, French clubs can sign a player already based in France, even outside the transfer market. And this is precisely what the
OM of
André Villas-Boas did with
Valentine Rongier. \n\n\n
Rongier's desire facilitates the deal, despite Nantes
\n\n\nValentin Rongier and Nantes part as good friends. Tense until the last moments, relations between the Rongier clan and the Nantes club constituted the thorny point of the transaction. Despite the fact that
Marseille multiplied the proposals until the last second, Nantes refused to give in. And for good reason, the attitude of
Valentin Rongier was starting to annoy the Nantes management. \n\n\n\nWithout the approval of his management, the player goes to
Marseille and continues to show moody gestures. Because his head was no longer in Nantes, but rather in
Velodrome. Finally, the Nantes club will accept the outstretched hand of
OM and let his player go. A transaction estimated at around 13 million euros, accompanied by a few juicy details for... Nantes.\n
