Lois Openda scored again last night for RC Lens against Ajaccio and now his asking price is rising amid interest from AC Milan, a report claims.
As reported by today’s edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport, RC Lens secured qualification for the next edition of the Champions League and Openda made it 3-0 from a penalty. In doing so, he equaled Roger Boli’s record for Lens’ top scorer in a single top flight season with 20 goals.
That record had stood for 29 years, and he celebrated with the trademark airplane to pay homage to him. An interesting summer awaits for Openda, whose performances and goals have attracted the interest of Milan.
It’s not only his numbers that impress, though. The 23-year-old moves a lot and floats on the offside line, between two centre-backs who ‘could use a couple of anti-anxiety pills’.
Openda tries to make contact with the defender, then tries to move away a metre and beat them with a run in behind, or attacking the goal to take advantage of a through ball, a cross or any feed from his team-mates.
Borussia Dortmund are also interested though and have asked to be kept informed, just as Atletico Madrid, which is not positive news for Milan’s hopes of getting what they would consider to be a bargain deal.
Lens’ request was already at €30-35m, and with the level of competition emerging the Rossoneri could struggle to bring Openda to Milanello, given they still do not want to pay huge transfer fees.
