Monaco and Nice eye Jonathan Clauss
If RC Lens is currently 2nd in Ligue 1, it owes it to its coach, to its collective strength, to its public, to Seko Fofana… but also to Jonathan Clauss. The 29-year-old piston, revealed late, only discovered Ligue 1 last year and symbolizes the success of the Artesian club’s recruitment policy. This did not support him to finish best right-back in the championship last year. And for his second season among the elite, the former player of Arminia Bielefeld, confirms his good dispositions (1 maize and in the top 5 decisive assistants in 9 games with Racing in 2021-22).
Something to raise awareness and push to see him in the French team at a position where specialists are scarce, especially at the right piston position and where neither Benjamin Pavard nor Leo Dubois are unanimous. Moreover, Didier Deschamps had mentioned the absence of the Lensoise rocket at the last meeting. “I’m not saying yes, I’m not saying no. We know very well what he does obviously, after it is not all to analyze the performance of a player in his club, we have to see what he can do at the international level, and there are levels to franchisor between the two “, he had then explained.
Monaco and Lens are on the spot
For the moment, the international level is not there yet for the Artesian club despite a good 2nd place in the Ligue 1 standings. Lorient) may have to take a plateau far from the North. Very attached to RCL, he is nonetheless ambitious and could think twice in the event of a good proposal from a more upscale French club. This is good since according to our information, AS Monaco (which does not generally target players of that age) and OGC Nice are closely interested in the performance of the lensois right piston. Djibril Sidibé (at the end of the contract next June) and Ruben Aguilar, who sometimes lacks consistency on the ASM side and Youssef Atal on the OGCN side, who is struggling to regain his former level, could thus see Jonathan Clauss as a very serious rival.
But we are obviously not there yet. A departure this winter seems unlikely at present. The dolphin of PSG does not need to sell in a particular financial context. Last season, Seko Fofana, despite some good approaches, stayed in Lens. Only Loïc Badé had left RCL for Rennes against a check for € 15 million. It is also at a higher amount that Monaco, Nice and the other clubs who should join the battle to try to snatch one of the best deals of the transfer window of recent years in France will have to be beaten.