interest in Lucumi continues’

KRC Genk wants to pick up again next season after a moderate year in which it even missed a European ticket. The Limburgers were therefore already fairly active on the transfer market. Junya Ito and Eboué Kouassi were definitively taken over, Daniel Muñoz has to add extra competition to the backs and Cyriel Dessers will soon be entering the Luminus Arena.

Genk already spent the necessary millions, but the club has the necessary reserves thanks to the sale of several strongmen during the past mercatos. So much so that Racing is currently not forced to make large outgoing transfers. The club recently also informed our editorial team that it does not intend to let important players go during the summer transfer period.

However, it will not be easy, because a number of strongholds are rough game. Defender Jhon Lucumi, for example. The Colombian has been linked to FC Sevilla for a while, but more teams are interested. According to The Importance of Limburg Stade Rennes, for example, is willing to pay more than 10 million euros. However, this offer would also have been refused.

UPDATE 27/06

Also The team now confirms Stade Rennes’ offer and that Genk immediately swept it off the table. The newspaper also does not seem to rule out the possibility that the French club will return with a higher offer, although Genk does not want the Colombian to leave this summer and rather aims for a transfer in the summer of 2021. Moreover, according to the report, FC Sevilla and Southampton have already expressed their interest. So a hellish battle awaits Genk to keep Lucumi on board …