OL replaces Andersen with Benlamri

This is his first club in Europe. And it is prestigious. At 30, Djamel Benlamri will play for the first time on the Old Continent after signing up with OL. Free after four seasons in Al Shabab (Saudi Arabia), where he was in exile after wearing the colors of Hussein-Dey, JS Kabylie and ES Sétif in his country, the Algerian central defender is engaged with the Lyon club for one season, plus another optional.

The tenth Algerian international to join OL, Djamel Benlamri took part in the triumphal adventure of the Fennecs at the 2019 African Cup of Nations. Strong, the 1m90 player with 14 selections played six of the seven matches on the course of the Algeria, each time as holder (2-0 against Kenya and 1-0 against Senegal in pools, 3-0 against Guinea in 8th, 1-1 and 5 tab to 4 against Côte d’Ivoire in quarters , 2-1 against Nigeria in the semi-finals, 1-0 against Senegal in the final). He only missed the third group match against Tanzania (3-0).

Andersen in Fulham, Reine-Adelaïde in Nice

At OL, Djamel Benlamri succeeds Joachim Andersen numerically. Very disappointing during his first season in Lyon, after his record transfer from Sampdoria (€ 24m + € 6m bonus), the 24-year-old Danish center-back was sent to Fulham in the form of ” a paying loan for one season, in the amount of 1 million euros and without an option to buy. A bonus of 1 million euros, linked to the maintenance of the English club in the Premier League, could be added.

Jeff Reine-Adelaide was loaned to him in Nice (500,000 euros + 500,000 euros in the event of European qualification), with a purchase option at 25 million euros. Memphis Depay, on the other hand, stayed. Barça have not found the financial means to afford the 26-year-old Dutch OL striker, who will be out of contract next June.

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