Montpellier negotiates the transfer of Akor Adams to FC Seville and studies the return of Sète center forward Andy Delort

Akor Adams va s'engager avec le FC Séville. Midi Libre – JEAN MICHEL MART

President Laurent Nicollin's club transferred Akor Adams to FC Seville on Thursday, January 23, and could replace him with former Montpellier player Andy Delort

Montpellier is seizing an opportunity to make something new. Striker Akor Adams is preparing to head to FC Seville, according to information from Fabrizio Romano confirmed by us, and to give an unexpected boost to his career, a year and a half after his arrival in Hérault.

The Nigerian center forward is expected to sign a three-and-a-half-year contract with the Andalusian club and a transfer estimated at €8 million, including two in bonuses. Courted by various clubs in recent days, Adams did not participate in Montpellier's recent victory over Monaco (2-1), opening the door to a rethink, an unexpected transfer and the renewal of a failing attack.

Seven goals in ten matches

Adams, who is close to his 25th birthday, joined Montpellier in August 2023 to succeed the young prodigy Elye Wahi, transferred to Lens for €30 million. For his third professional season, the former Espoir international impressed by scoring 19 goals, including a quadruple in Lyon.

Adams, an athletic striker (1.90 m, 90 kg) who arrived from Lillestrom (Norway), had a successful debut in Montpellier, scoring seven goals in ten matches, before losing confidence and experiencing a long slump at the end of a turbulent October (match abandoned against Clermont, Sakho affair).

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Since the start of the season, Adams has scored three goals in fifteen matches, caused two penalties and made an assist. In a team that has been plunged into last place, this player with a mentality appreciated by all has not managed to find the right connections, nor the full throttle.

A sought-after scorer

In the absence of an alternative at the forefront of the attack, like Wahbi Khazri (1 goal), Montpellier is reportedly looking for a new centre forward to fill the gap and revive a sector that is not very effective (18 goals). Montpellier, who have denied having contact with the former Monaco player Wissam Ben Yedder, are primarily looking for a scorer. “We are looking for a player of this type”, admitted Jean-Louis Gasset after the defeat in Lyon (1-0).

While president Laurent Nicollin claimed in early January that he had advanced contact with a player, the Andy Delort rumor was back in the wings. A rumor that has been circulating since his departure from Nantes in the summer of 2023… The Montpellier president and his former captain had renewed contact during the spring shortly after Delort cut short his exile in Umm Salal (Qatar). The meal, taken in the company of sporting director Bruno Carotti, had maintained the summer suspense of a signing hoped for by the locker room.

Delort's return would not be unanimous

By default, the former Montpellier striker and Algerian international (33 years old) bounced back this summer at the Mouloudia club in Algiers. Under contract until next June, he is on the lookout for a return to a Ligue 1 club.

For three seasons (2018-21), the Sète native had a spell as successful as his departure to Nice was controversial. A possible return may not be unanimous, but his charisma, his connections with certain leaders and his know-how in the box could resolve some issues. A great opportunity for both to recover from a failure.

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