For Ligue 1, this is the first big transfer of this winter 2022. As we have indicated to you in the last hours and days, Jonathan Ikoné leaves LOSC to go to Fiorentina. The 23-year-old winger passed his medical examination successfully, allowing him to initial a 5-year contract with Viola.
“LOSC confirms the total agreement with ACF Fiorentina for the transfer of Jonathan Ikoné (23) to the Serie A club. The French international (4 caps, 1 goal) will sign there definitively on January 3, 2022, date opening of the Italian transfer window. However, he was authorized to join Italy beforehand in order to participate in the resumption of training for Fiorentina ”, reveals on its internet the formation of the north of France.
A transfer that will pay off to LOSC … and to PSG
For his first experience abroad, Jonathan Ikoné will experience a new environment which will perhaps allow him to find the France team. The international (4 caps, 1 goal) has not found the Blues since October 2020, wearing the shirt for the last time a year before even. Lille was then far from being crowned champion of France (in May 2021), a title acquired in the face and beard of PSG, the big favorite.
Author of 4 goals and 5 assists in 37 Ligue 1 matches last season (26 starts), Ikoné contributed to this great victory but after three and a half years in the North, it was undoubtedly time to take off, to move up a gear. The LOSC will for its part get a welcome check even if the player, sold € 14 million (excluding bonus), will also bring some money to PSG. His training club must recover almost half of the added value released by the Mastiffs.
✍️ LOSC confirms full agreement with@acffiorentina for the transfer of Jonathan Ikoné, where the French international will sign as soon as the Italian transfer window opens.
Read the press release ⤵️
– LOSC (@losclive) December 31, 2021