Olympique Lyonnais coach Remi Garde keeping tabs on UAE international Hamdan Al Kamali – Ligue 1 news
Looking for players at low cost, newly-appointed http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-Lyonnais-c40130 coach Remi Garde has started working on the recruitment process at the Rhone club.
Hiring a new central defender is the priority for Garde in this summer’s transfer window. Initially, Lyon had identified http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Miguel-Britos-c25544 as potential arrivals at the Stade Gerland. However, moves for both players never materialised as Garay
is on the verge of securing a move to Portuguese giants Benfica while Britos has chosen to make a move within http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Napoli-c40003 his preferred destination.
Reports in French media now suggest that the Rhone giants are keeping tabs on UAE international http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hamdan-Al-Kamali-c15615 who is currently playing for UAE side Al-Wahda. Remi Garde is working hard to unearth the gem from Middle East whose performances for both club
and country and is considered to be one of the finest young defenders in Asia.
While talking to the media, Remi Garde was full of praises for the 22-year-old and said, “I heard about his qualities and we would need him in the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Defence-c38904. Al Kamali is talented, strong and has a powerful shot when it comes to taking free kicks. He is also
a strong leader.”
However, Lyon face a tough task in signing the youngster as Al-Wahda direction is reluctant to let go of the player. While talking to reporters, president of the club, Sheikh Saeed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan said, “Lyon made us an offer a month ago but he (Al Kamali)
is a player we want to keep and we declined Lyon’s proposal respectfully.”
Though the Middle-Eastern side is not willing to sell the highly-rated defender, player’s wishes to leave for a new challenge could make things easy for Lyon. Furthermore, with Lyon eager to add more depth to the defence, Al Kamali might even be the answer
to Les Gones’ defensive woes.
Though the youngster is an unknown quantity in Europe, he is an extremely talented individual who has the ability to be a commanding presence in the defence and can also be a goalscoring threat.
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