Benjamin Lecomte, more in the odor of sanctity at Espanyol Barcelona with whom he played 10 La Liga games before losing his place, will continue his career in Montpellier, where he was transferred this Thursday for just under 3 million bonus euros included.
The native of Paris, who has signed up for four and a half years in the Hérault, has in fact benefited from the domino effect caused by the injury of Manuel Neuer.
Sub rewinds. In search of a goalkeeper to replace the German world champion, Bayern Munich threw its evolution on Yann Sommer, the goalkeeper of Borussia Mönchengladbach, who therefore went to seek that of Montpellier Jonas Omlin.
A place became available at the MHSC and the leaders quickly made Benjamin Lecomte their priority. The French goalkeeper is a former member of the Pailladine house, where he played 79 games between 2017-2019 before joining the Principality.
After two seasons as number 1 at ASM (60 games), Lecomte had been relegated in the hierarchy by Niko Kovac to make way for Alexander Nübel and had been the subject of two consecutive loans, one at the ‘Atlético Madrid and the other at Espanyol Barcelona.
At 31, he will try to relaunch his career and help the club in its mission to maintain.