Mercato Red Star: Lemonnier (Guingamp) close to signing, El Hriti goes to Versailles

Ligue 2 barragist (16th) since his defeat on Saturday against Lorient (1-2), the Red Star will activate in the last hours of the transfer window. Three profiles are hoped for: a left side, a central defender and an axial striker.

The first reinforcement will be, unless the Pierre Lemonnier (31 years old) is reversal from Guingamp (L2) who will bring his experience to an often crumbly defense this season. Also spent by Le Mans, he has 99 Ligue 2 games. But he had been little used by Sylvain Ripoll for a few weeks. He only played 9 games this season. On Saturday, the central defender still stayed on the bench of Guingamp against Paris FC (0-1). Under contract until the month of June, the native of Rennes should be released by his club to sign free to the Red Star. There were only a few details to be paid between the two clubs this Sunday afternoon.

El Hriti and Botella leave

In terms of departures, Ivann Botella, an essential actor of the rise in Ligue 2 (33 games, 8 goals) but little used by Grégory Poirier this season (1 only tenure, 7 entries) was loaned to La Louvière (D2 Belgium). Aniss El Hriti, the experienced 35 -year -old defender, 9 games this season, who was under contract until June is also going but he will stay in the Paris region. He joined Versailles (national).

On the goalkeeper side, even if Valentin Rabouille arrived from Beauvais (N2) and was on the bench against Lorient in a lining of Robin Risser, William Avognan and Pépé Bonnet, who fell in the hierarchy, should still stay.