Ghana forward Majeed Waris is in talks to make a January transfer return to French side FC Nantes, L’Équipe has reported.
The 28-year-old, who has also been linked to fellow Ligue 1 side Strasbourg in recent weeks, has been frozen out at Portuguese side FC Porto.
Without a game under his belt all season, Waris is looking to get out of there as quickly as possible, but not just to any old destination: all offers from Spain, Turkey and the Middle East have already been rejected.
The player’s agent confirmed that he wants to return to France:
“France is our priority, because Waris knows this league very well. At this time, clubs are looking for players who do not need much time to adapt.”
At Nantes, negotiations are ongoing between all the relevant parties and Waris’ entourage is hopeful that a deal will be concluded imminently: “Negotiations have begun. We want to finalize this transfer quickly so that Waris is ready when the league starts again.”
Majeed Waris is contracted to Porto until 2022 and the Portuguese giants’ condition on a deal is that the buying club pays 60% of the €5m transfer fee that they are demanding immediately, with the rest coming in instalments. This was a similar sum to what they demanded in summer, which Nantes were reticent about paying and which collapsed the deal.
- Additional information from Get French Football
