Senegalese international midfielder Nampalys Mendy, free of any contract, has signed up with RC Lens for two seasons, the French vice-champion club announced in a press release on Monday.
The 31-year-old player, trained in Monaco where he started out as a professional, exploded with neighboring OGC Nice, before being transferred to Leicester with which he was relegated at the end of last season.
This small defensive midfielder (1.67 m), renowned for his slaughter, is a weighty reinforcement in the midfield of the Sang et Or which is suffering at the start of the season since the departure of their emblematic captain Séko Fofana, transferred this been to the Saudi club Al-Nassr.
“Nampalys Mendy has the prerequisites to flourish in the Lensois system which requires, among other things, the multiplication of high-intensity races and regular overrunning of functions”, underlines the RCL in its press release.
An experienced midfielder, Mendy has 27 caps with the Teranga Lions, crowned African champions in 2022, and has more than 250 matches in Ligue 1 and Premier League.
This is the 10th Lensoise rookie after the arrivals of French striker Elye Wahi, defenders Ruben Aguilar and Faitout Maouassa, Uzbek Abdukodir Khusanov, Guinean Morgan Guilavogui, Colombian Oscar Cortes, Frenchmen Andy Diouf and Neil El Aynaoui and Dutchman Stijn Spierings.
Lens, 2nd last year, occupies 17th place in Ligue 1 with only one point and has conceded 10 goals after four days. In the Champions League, the Lensois will face Sevilla FC, Arsenal and PSV Eindhoven in Group B.