Betis and Marseille battle to take the ‘new Mbappé’

After the incorporation of the Brazilians Luiz Felipe and Luiz Henrique, who only lack official status, Betis continues planning the next campaign with another young French value who, As announced it a few months ago, is close to incorporating the squad led by Manuel Pellegrini. It is the fast and powerful Mohamed Ali-Cho, striker of Angers, barely 18 years old and whom some analysts describe as ‘an Mbappé project’. In August 2021, still 17 years and 7 months old, he became the youngest footballer in history to score a goal in Ligue 1.

Ali-Cho can play in any of the attacking positions and the fact that his contract ends in June 2023 and does not intend to renew his contract has caused Angers to put him on the market. He claims about 15 million euros, an amount that Marseille is also willing to face, who has just qualified for the Champions League at the hands of former Sevilla player Jorge Sampaoli and with the Spanish Jorge Longoria as president.

A very successful sports director, Longoria is also throwing the rest at Ali-Cho, but Betis, who has convinced many footballers at the stroke of a checkbook in recent times, seems willing to put a higher salary on the table. That, and that the Spanish championship seduces to the player, he can tip the scales on the green-white side. By the way: another battle between the Spanish and the French, on a much smaller scale, like the one PSG and Real Madrid have been involved in in recent weeks for taking Kylian Mbappé.

Ali-Cho went through the lower categories of PSG and English Everton before joining Angers in 2020. This year he has played 32 games in Ligue 1, in which he has scored four goals and provided one assist. He has played for the England youth team and, more recently, for France, since it has four nationalities: French, British, Ivorian and Moroccan.