Odilon Kossounou becomes the most expensive player in Club Brugge’s history. The twenty-year-old defender is leaving for Bayer Leverkusen for an amount of almost thirty million euros, the insurance company says The last news. The transfer is complete and may be officially announced on Wednesday.
Club Brugge makes a huge profit on Kossounou, who was snatched from Sweden’s Hammarby two years ago for just under four million euros. Bee Blue-Black The 1.91 meter long center defender made 55 official games, in which he scored 1 time and delivered 2 assists. Kossounou made his debut for Ivory Coast last year, for which he has now appeared four times.
For Club Brugge, the deal with Bayer Leverkusen means a record transfer. The amount of almost 30 million euros exceeds the 25 million euros that Aston Villa paid for Wesley two years ago. Kossounou is also by far the most expensive defender ever in the Belgian league. Depending on the bonuses, his transfer amount is close to the top transfers of Jonathan David (from AA Gent to Lille OSC) and Jérémy Doku (Anderlecht to Stade Rennes). The two attackers also left Belgium for an amount of around thirty million euros.
Club Brugge want to attract Stanley Nsoki as a replacement for Kossounou. OGC Nice picked the 22-year-old defender away from Paris Saint-Germain in 2019 for 12.5 million euros. On the Côte d’Azur, however, the Frenchman was unable to enforce a fixed base place and Club Brugge could acquire Nsoki for an amount of 6.5 million euros. The Belgian top club considers it a plus that the defender can also play as a left back.
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