Wow I guess nobody wants to let me cook huh... Guess I'll just take my 4312 with super high wingbacks and the extra DMs covering the space behind them idea and go... I know when I'm not wanted...
Black balaclava attempting a new dance routine and chant combo?
As do I but I suspect many passing supposedly informed opinion on the pecking order of our midfield including a guy we haven't even signed yet have seen no more of him that a highlights reel.
This actually doesn't read like ChatGPT mannerisms to me, I think write-ups like this are what this guy does. Sounded insightful to me, but maybe I'm being naive
www.lavoixdunord.fr
On his way
Mercato RC Lens : Mamadou Sangaré à Paris pour signer à Brentford
Le milieu de terrain Mamadou Sangaré va s’engager avec Brentford pour 48 millions ...
RC Lens transfer news: Mamadou Sangaré to Paris to sign for Brentford
Midfielder Mamadou Sangaré is set to join Brentford for €48 million, excluding bonuses and including a percentage of any future transfer fee. The Lens midfielder has left the training camp in Como.
By A. Côme, Philippe Guilbaud
Published: July 30, 2026 at 9:35 AM
A brief stint and then he's gone. But what a stint! Mamadou Sangaré, who arrived last summer from Rapid Vienna for €5 million (plus €3 million in bonuses), made a splash in Ligue 1 last season. The 24-year-old midfielder, who scored 3 goals and provided 4 assists, was a key player in winning the Coupe de France and in the battle with Paris Saint-Germain for the French league title, ultimately securing second place.
Named African Player of the Season (Marc-Vivien Foé Award), Sangaré dominated the midfield in a perfectly complementary partnership with Adrien Thomasson . When Thomasson surged forward between or behind the lines, Sangaré ensured impeccable defensive work. This ball-winning ability was evident in his reading of the game, his physical presence in duels, and his capacity to distribute the ball cleanly, whether short or long, to break through the lines.
Gifted with an excellent shot on goal, he probably didn't use it enough. All of Europe followed him. The biggest clubs took note, and it was the Premier League that snapped him up. Brentford, about to play their sixth consecutive season in the English top flight and who finished 9th last season, offered the best possible combination of projects. This was a win for the player, who will be a cornerstone of Keith Andrews' squad, and for Racing, who will complete the biggest transfer in their history with a fee of €48 million , excluding bonuses and a percentage of any future sale. Lens will also have to pay a portion of the profit (approximately €6 million) to Rapid Vienna, from whom they bought him this summer for €8 million .
He has been in Paris since Wednesday.
Mamadou Sangaré, who traveled to Como with the rest of the squad, was not included in Tuesday's second match , the one for the reserves, against Famalicao. Officially, it was due to a minor discomfort; " he felt something. So, we didn't want to take any risks ," explained Dino Toppmöller. Meanwhile, Jean-Louis Leca was in talks with the Crystal Palace chairman, who was ready to make a higher offer. But the counter-offer didn't materialize, as Palace feared that such a significant investment would restrict their spending in other areas. Pierre Sage's club is expecting at least four new signings, in addition to the return of injured players and internationals.
Sangaré has therefore left the training camp to join Joseph Oughourlian in Paris and meet with Brentford's management. He will be the biggest transfer in the English club's history, surpassing Dango Ouattara (€42.8 million last year), and will add to the signings of Schuster (€18 million) and Anthony (€17.5 million) already completed this season.
We've flown out our special Bic represtative to meet him and conduct the signing with a very chewed one!Signing in Paris eh! So what standard of biro do they use there?
A Bic presumably?Signing in Paris eh! So what standard of biro do they use there?
Most likely Paris was the meeting place to agree terms, we did the same for Thiago and a few players I believe and met in other countries.
The paperwork itself doesn’t need to be done in the UK. Tbh it’s more within our interests to get him to sign as near as possible to him to get it done
Needs a visa, hence why he's been in Paris
Reminds me of the old cost of transport joke (Frankie Boyle maybe).
Nice to see them checking my GPG postsOn his way
Mercato RC Lens : Mamadou Sangaré à Paris pour signer à Brentford
Le milieu de terrain Mamadou Sangaré va s’engager avec Brentford pour 48 millions ...
RC Lens transfer news: Mamadou Sangaré to Paris to sign for Brentford
Midfielder Mamadou Sangaré is set to join Brentford for €48 million, excluding bonuses and including a percentage of any future transfer fee. The Lens midfielder has left the training camp in Como.
By A. Côme, Philippe Guilbaud
Published: July 30, 2026 at 9:35 AM
A brief stint and then he's gone. But what a stint! Mamadou Sangaré, who arrived last summer from Rapid Vienna for €5 million (plus €3 million in bonuses), made a splash in Ligue 1 last season. The 24-year-old midfielder, who scored 3 goals and provided 4 assists, was a key player in winning the Coupe de France and in the battle with Paris Saint-Germain for the French league title, ultimately securing second place.
Named African Player of the Season (Marc-Vivien Foé Award), Sangaré dominated the midfield in a perfectly complementary partnership with Adrien Thomasson . When Thomasson surged forward between or behind the lines, Sangaré ensured impeccable defensive work. This ball-winning ability was evident in his reading of the game, his physical presence in duels, and his capacity to distribute the ball cleanly, whether short or long, to break through the lines.
Gifted with an excellent shot on goal, he probably didn't use it enough. All of Europe followed him. The biggest clubs took note, and it was the Premier League that snapped him up. Brentford, about to play their sixth consecutive season in the English top flight and who finished 9th last season, offered the best possible combination of projects. This was a win for the player, who will be a cornerstone of Keith Andrews' squad, and for Racing, who will complete the biggest transfer in their history with a fee of €48 million , excluding bonuses and a percentage of any future sale. Lens will also have to pay a portion of the profit (approximately €6 million) to Rapid Vienna, from whom they bought him this summer for €8 million .
He has been in Paris since Wednesday.
Mamadou Sangaré, who traveled to Como with the rest of the squad, was not included in Tuesday's second match , the one for the reserves, against Famalicao. Officially, it was due to a minor discomfort; " he felt something. So, we didn't want to take any risks ," explained Dino Toppmöller. Meanwhile, Jean-Louis Leca was in talks with the Crystal Palace chairman, who was ready to make a higher offer. But the counter-offer didn't materialize, as Palace feared that such a significant investment would restrict their spending in other areas. Pierre Sage's club is expecting at least four new signings, in addition to the return of injured players and internationals.
Sangaré has therefore left the training camp to join Joseph Oughourlian in Paris and meet with Brentford's management. He will be the biggest transfer in the English club's history, surpassing Dango Ouattara (€42.8 million last year), and will add to the signings of Schuster (€18 million) and Anthony (€17.5 million) already completed this season.
That's quick his contract would have expired before he even got passed triage
You will generally get a far more accurate unbiased analysis of a player using GPT 5.6 high thinking mode, carefully prompted, than most so called pundits proffering their own random thoughts.
Clearly code for: "Wouldn’t want his signing wrist strained in any way”.
I’m quietly confident we are past the point of interested. I also think reading between the lines he’s on his way to somewhere with his signature. So just maybe, it’s a little too late if another club was interested
Spurs have just spent £200m on a new midfield so I’m not worried about them. After Mudryk, Bakayoko, Gray, El Mala etc. I do understand the paranoia, however.
There's no signs of this. The idea that 'smart club X club has agreed a deal, quick quick gazump them' doesn't happen that often. Most clubs have their own priorities and what we're looking for in a midfielder might be different from what others are looking for.
Given the snippets that’ve appeared from France, it seems we’ve been in discussions with all parties for many weeks. I doubt any latecomers throwing money at the deal could catch up and it’s probable that an official or, more likely, an unofficial ‘exclusivity’ has been agreed.
No because most of us don't wet the bed over every signing being hijacked H2H
Ok most of us dont need the use of rubber sheets when a transfer is in progress - it gets boring seeing the same comments every time we near the finishing line as if Spurs have hijacked every signing of the past 5 years...
The Pontus Jansson memorial hostage chewed Biro has been unarchived and is travelling to Paris under armed guard as we speakSigning in Paris eh! So what standard of biro do they use there?
More confirmation of what he does for a team, I like this video, doesn't waffle on too much and most of the lingo is pretty much plain English and not too much stat geek speak, works for simpletons like me
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