At 23, Orel Mangala is a safe bet in the Bundesliga. Trained in Anderlecht then briefly loaned to Dortmund, this very versatile midfielder, who can play in all positions in the midfield (sentinel, right or left runner), has been playing at VfB Stuttgart since 2017. Out of contract in June 2024 , the Belgian international hope (15 caps), is not on the start, as the sports director of the Swabians recently explained. Nevertheless, several teams have come to the news this winter.
If Galatasaray sounded out VfB, OL also looked into the Mangala case. Target of the Rhone club since 2020, the native of Brussels, who played 17 Bundesliga matches (15 starts – 1 goal and 2 assists), enjoys good odds across the Rhine. Stuttgart knows this and is asking for a small fortune, namely € 20 million plus bonus, to release its player, who is physically strong and recovers a lot of balls. A sum for the moment too high for Bruno Cheyrou and Vincent Ponsot, who would like to lower the price to potentially take action. Therefore, the Rhone club could rather fall back on Ellyes Skhriri, another Bundesliga player, who has the advantage of knowing Ligue 1 well and for whom discussions have been started, since he was trained in Montpellier.
