Alexander Djiku, in Cordón's agenda for the Betic defense

Antonio Cordon, sports director of the Real Betis, has among the candidates to reinforce the post of central to replace the march of Aissa Mandi to Alexander djiku, a French central defender of Ghanaian origin – he has been international four times with the Central African team – who plays in the ranks of the Racing Club of Strasbourg, with which he has a contract for two more years, until June 2023, according to L’Equipe.

Djiku, a 26-year-old right-handed central defender (1.82 meters), was trained in the lower echelons of Bastia, from where Caen passed in exchange for 2 million euros in the summer of 2017, and two years later he was signed by Strasbourg for 4, 5 million.

“The player has a contract until 2023 and the Betis he has no money at the moment. Can the expected departures of Sidnei, Loren, Tello and Juanmi unblock the situation? Then it will be necessary to be convincing for the RCS to release its defensive pillar, author of a very good 2020-2021 season. For their part, Rennes is also attentive to the situation of the former Caen player, ”explains L’Equipe, detailing the problems that the team has. Betis to be able to face a transfer such as the one that would be required to acquire the services of Djiku, which Cordón, former sports director of Monaco and a good connoisseur of French football, has had in his portfolio for a long time.

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