While the Premier League clubs have all the time in the world to get their transfers done, some of the French ones are in a bit of a rush to get deals done.
The reason behind this is each team has to be reviewed by the DNCG, an organisation set up by the French league to analyse the finances of each club at the end of the season.
Marseille, who have been financially shaky over the past few seasons, are in desperate need of balancing the books, and sales could happen very quickly over the next week.
Scheduled to have an appointment next week, Vincent Labrune is trying to get money into the club, and the first casualty could end up being their young left-back Benjamin Mendy.
According to L’Equipe, the U21 France international is expected to sign for Monaco in the coming days, despite repeated interest from Premier League clubs, notably Liverpool and West Ham.
While the player would have preferred to give English football a try, the two clubs’ reluctance to make an offer over the next week means they are probably set to miss out on the player, with Monaco ready to get the deal done now.
Getting Henri Bedimo on a free to replace him, the French club are set to make a decent profit on a youngster bought for around £2m back in 2013.
Unless either Premier League club make an offer in the coming days, Mendy will stay in France.
As the saying goes, you snooze you lose.
