Ligue 1 club Nice have reached an agreement to sign Barcelona defender Jean-Clair Todibo on a loan deal till the end of the season with the potential option to buy the player.
The details of the transfer were revealed by renowned transfer insider Fabrizio Romano on his Twitter account, saying that the option to make the deal permanent would be worth an initial €8.5 million, and could rise to €15 million including bonuses.
Barcelona have also added a sell-on clause in the defender’s contract which will see them receive 15% of any future fee that Nice receive should they sell the player after signing him permanently. The deal is expected to be the last piece of business that Nice takes care of this transfer window. Moreover, the official transfer is set to be announced in the coming hours.
The player joined Barcelona from Toulouse, after coming through their academy, for a fee worth €1 million in January 2019. He has since spent a loan spell at Schalke and is currently on loan at Benfica, where he has only made two appearances for the club.
The move to Nice would see the young 21-year-old return to his home country and potentially restart his journey as a footballer. Given that the player has time on his side, stability is the biggest goal, and that can surely be achieved at a club like Nice.
