{"id":289262,"date":"2025-07-25T00:42:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T00:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/289262\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T00:42:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T00:42:28","slug":"club-now-focused-on-signing-sheffield-wednesday-player-optimism-of-concluding-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/289262\/","title":{"rendered":"Club &#8216;now focused&#8217; on signing Sheffield Wednesday player &#8211; Optimism of concluding deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RC Lens have Sheffield Wednesday\u2019s Yan Valery on their target list, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeunesfooteux.com\/Le-RC-Lens-interesse-par-un-ex-joueur-de-Angers-SCO-qui-evolue-en-Championship_a76877.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeunes Footeux<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old operated as a right-back and at times as a centre-back and a wing-back for the Owls last season, managing three goals and four assists from 40 games.<\/p>\n<p>Lens are interested in the Sheffield Wednesday player as they are looking for a fullback who can also operate in other positions, to provide competition to Ruben Aguilar.<\/p>\n<p>The France-born Tunisia international fits the profile and it\u2019s claimed the Ligue 1 club are \u2018now focused\u2019 on signing him this summer.<\/p>\n<p>He has the experience of playing in France from his two-year spell with Angers.<\/p>\n<p>Jeunes Footeux reports that this, coupled with his qualities and versatility, makes him an attractive option for Lens. They add his profile is \u2018greatly appreciated\u2019 by the French club\u2019s sporting director, Jean-Louis Leca.<\/p>\n<p>The defender\u2019s contract expires in 2027, but Lens are optimistic of taking him away from Sheffield Wednesday because of the English club\u2019s delicate economic conditions and their need to raise funds.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no mention of the Owls\u2019 demand or the fee Lens could offer to sign Valery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RC Lens have Sheffield Wednesday\u2019s Yan Valery on their target list, according to Jeunes Footeux. The 26-year-old operated&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289263,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,393,4884,1620,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-289262","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-sheffield","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114911100978905768","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}