AS Monaco are bent on offloading United States striker Folarin Balogun after a failed $45 million transfer move to Everton on transfer deadline day.
Balogun had undergone a medical at Finch Farm, the club’s training complex.
Monaco sporting director Thiago Scuro said on Wednesday that Folarin Balogun pulled the plug on the move to Everton due to how the English outfit treated him after his medical move.
Everton had considered the signing of Manchester United forward Joshua Zirkzee and Aston Villa striker Tammy Abraham but it all came to naught.
Monaco Target Open Transfer Windows
However, because of the need for Ligue 1 club Monaco to make money through the selling off of some player contracts in their team, Scuro noted that they are currently looking for ways to get rid of the contract of Balogun in other markets, with transfer windows for Turkey and Saudi Arabia open until Sept. 4 and Oct. 12 respectively.
“We are still waiting for Balo to come back and to sit and discuss and to realise between us what is next,” Scuro said. “We still have other markets open, which we are having discussions in different players including Balo.
“Let’s see what can still happen until Thursday, because we still have markets that have the financial capacity to do something and this is what happened and this is where we are today.”
Balogun, along with the two clubs, agreed to sign a deal sheet just hours before the deadline expired at 23:00 BST.
Terms of the Deal Sheet submission are that all parties should sign for the Premier League to allow the extension.
Why Balogun Made a U-Turn on Everton Move
However, even with both teams signing the Deal Sheet together with Balogun, Scuro revealed that the player decided to end the move.
“The allegation of Balogun is that ‘I’m not feeling well by the way the club treated me, the way the medical team brought doubts about my future or my health. I’m not comfortable to sign a long contract here the way we finished the transfer window here.’
“During the day, we had a clear agreement for Balogun to go to Everton, Balogun flew to Everton to undergo a medical.
“Balo was in Liverpool going through his medical, around 7 p.m. we had a call from Everton raising questions on the medicals of Balo, which for our medical staff, the personnel staff of the player, made totally no sense.
“The explanations were not enough to justify or bring concerns for the future of the player, this discussion started for medical departments, it took Everton two to three hours to check through the assessment, this is a normal situation.
“The Premier League has a mechanism where you have one extra hour to finish the paperwork, this was done five minutes before the close of the transfer window for us to finish paperwork between Balogun and Everton.
“I signed the contract, Everton signed the contract, at the last moment the player decided not to sign.”
