The summer transfer window which ended last Thursday, August 31 at midnight was not very eventful for Guinean footballers. Saudi Arabia has become the new El Dorado of football. A Guinean is one of the elite footballers who have been won over by the melody of Mecca sirens and their petrodollars: François Kamano. Alongside him, other Guinean footballers have not had the same fortune, even if they have changed clubs. Here they are.
François Kamano: the new Prince of Arabia
Talented Guinean left winger François Kamano left Russian club Locomotiv de Moscow for Saudi club Abha FC this summer. The Guinean should receive a salary of six million euros during the two years he will spend in Saudi Arabia. The one who was elected by the local sports press as the best Guinean sportsman of the year 2018 “Nimba d’or”, will have a big challenge to take on, after France and Russia.
The captain of the Syli National has signed a three-year contract with the Germans of Werber Bremen. The former Red Bull Salzburg striker is making his comeback in the German championship after four years at Liverpool where he was English champion. His annual salary has also dropped drastically: from 7 million euros at Liverpool, he only receives 1.5 million euros at Werber.
Morgan Guilavogui , the Syli National winger signed up with Racing Club de Lens, a French Ligue 1 club, this summer. He left his Ligue 2 club Paris FC for a Ligue 1 club with which he will play in the European Champions League this season. The amount of his contract is 4 million euros and the duration is four years.
Guinean striker Sory Kaba joined LAS Palmas, which plays in the Spanish Liga, in mid-August for four years. He comes from FC Midtjylland, a club that played in the first division in Denmark.
Guinean defender Mohamed Soumah , 20, who played with AS Kaloum and Syli Espoir, has been loaned to Belgian club Gantoise. It’s a one-year loan in a major league with an option to buy.
The other central defender of Syli National Seydou Sow left his training club AS Saint-Etienne this August for Racing de Strasbourg which plays in Ligue 1. The cost of the transfer is four million euros and the The duration of the contract is five years.
The 21-year-old Guinean striker El Hadj Abdourahamane Bah came on loan this summer to Dunkirk, a club in the north of France which plays in League 2. He played last season with Châteaubriant in National 2
Guinean international Jean Mousté has left AS Mineurs de Sangaredi for Coton FC of Benin.
Guinean full-back Dembo Sylla (20 years old) left Stade Lavallois for FC Lorient for five seasons.
Guinean defensive midfielder Mory Konaté (29 years old) signed a three-year contract with KV Malines. He played at Saint-Trond, another Belgian club, where his lease had expired.
Syli Espoir captain Ibrahima Brèze Fofana left Sweden this summer to sign for Kocaelispor (Turkish second division). The Guinean midfielder is loaned for a year with a purchase potion from AJ Auxerre.