Five European clubs are competing to acquire the services of Moroccan midfielder and Stade de Reims player, Amir Richardson (22 years old) in the current summer transfer market 2024, according to various media outlets issued today, Wednesday, August 7.
Richardson showed strong levels with the Moroccan national team in the football competitions at the current Olympic Games in Paris 2024, and reached the semi-finals with them, where the tall player received wide praise from various international newspapers.
Richardson is a key piece in the squad of Morocco’s national coach, Tariq Sektioui, and has played every match with him, with the dark-skinned defensive midfielder scoring a goal in the third round of the group stage, in the 3-0 victory over Iraq.
With Amir Richardson’s stock increasing and his impressive performances, he has become on the radars of many European clubs.
Amir Richardson is the focus of 5 clubs competing in the 2024 transfer market
According to newspaper sources The team French, many clubs are competing to obtain the services of Amir Richardson this summer, most notably Everton and Tottenham Hotspur from England, Roma and Fiorentina from Italy, and the new entrant to the race, Ajax Amsterdam from the Netherlands.
Everton are leading the list of clubs interested in Richardson, to replace the departure of Amadou Onana to Aston Villa this summer, while Tottenham are targeting the Moroccan midfielder, and according to reports, Stade de Reims is asking for 10 million euros to release its young player.
Richardson’s performances at the Paris 2024 Olympics are just a continuation of his good performance with his French team, Stade de Reims, as the player’s market value jumped from 3 million euros last year to 6 million euros at the present time, according to the Transfermarkt website.
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Amir Richardson scored three goals and provided one assist for Stade de Reims last season in all competitions. The player, who is about two metres tall, has a contract with the French team until the summer of 2027, noting that he joined them from Le Havre in 2022.
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Richardson will be tasked with leading the Moroccan midfield in the third-place match. Paris 2024 OlympicsAgainst Egypt tomorrow, Thursday, August 8, at the Bigoes Stadium, home of Nantes FC, in northwestern France.
No Arab team has ever won an Olympic medal in football, which means that one of the Egyptian or Moroccan teams will achieve a new Olympic record at the Arab level. Egypt lost in the semi-finals to France 1-3, and Morocco was defeated 1-2 by Spain.
