Get French Football News
·27 July 2022
Get French Football News
·27 July 2022
L’Équipe report this afternoon that French third tier outfit Versailles are closing in on the signing of former Dutch international Jeremain Lens, arriving on a free transfer after leaving Beşiktaş at the end of last season.
The 34-year-old is set to sign a two-year deal with last year’s Coupe de France semi-finalists, who were eventually knocked out by Nice after an impressive run.
As director Jean-Luc Arribart explained to Get French Football News on the eve of that match, the club has an ambitious project to reach the second tier and impose itself as a force in the Parisian football landscape – the first step was reached when the club were promoted from the fourth tier after winning their regional division last year.
Now, Lens is set to sign a two-year contract with the club, becoming the project’s first marquee signing. The wide man has 34 caps for The Netherlands between 2010 and 2017 and is a former PSV Eindhoven, Dynamo Kyiv and Sunderland player, before going on to spend six years in Turkey with three different clubs.