Back in the summer, we covered how Huddersfield Town came close to signing Anthony Limbombe from Club Brugge, only for the winger to end up at Nantes in France.
One of the last pieces we did on the situation came after the transfer, when French football analyst Pascal Scimè was quoted by Voetbalnieuws as saying the 24-year-old ‘wanted to go to England’.
This suggested Huddersfield pulled out from completing the deal at the last minute, and, according to new information acquired by Le Soir in Belgium, that’s exactly what happened.
The update comes amid the huge ongoing inquest in Belgian football that has now seen 22 people be brought in for questioning regarding accusations ranging from match fixing to money laundering.
Le Soir reveal the latest person to be arrested was Fabien Camus, a former footballer, who is suspected of taking part in ‘suspect and fraudulent financial transactions’, acting as a ‘bagman’ in Mogi Bayat deals.
One of which, you’ve guessed it, was the Anthony Limbombe transfer.
The Belgian outlet explain that Huddersfield and the forward had reached a contractual agreement, with Club Brugge expected to make €13.5m from the transfer.L
That was, as they put it, a tidy sum, but Limbombe’s father then got involved, who, Le Soir claim, asked the Terriers to make his son the highest paid player in their squad.
As you can imagine, that didn’t go down well with the Huddersfield hierarchy, who pulled the plug and walked away.
Le Soir make it clear the Premier League club did not get involved with Mogi Bayat at any point, so there’s no risk of them being implicated, as his arrival on the dossier is said to have come later, during the Nantes negotiations.
What we did get out of this, however, is details as to why Limbombe didn’t sign for Huddersfield.
