Lens, second in the last Ligue 1 season and qualified for the next Champions League, announced on Thursday the signing for four seasons of 21-year-old midfielder Neil El Aynaoui, from Nancy.
Despite his young age, El Aynaoui became captain of his training club during the season, which he joined when he was 8 years old. He could not prevent the relegation of Nancy to National 2, followed by that, administrative, to National 3 pronounced by the DNCG on Tuesday. This is Racing’s second recruit since the start of the transfer window, after that of the Dutchman Stijn Spierings, at the end of his contract in Toulouse on Friday.
