Earlier this week, it was reported that Pau Lopez could be leaving Girona imminently to return to France, however now, this isn’t the case. As a substitute, he will probably be staying in Catalonia for a minimum of three extra weeks.
It had been agreed between Marseille, Lopez’s mum or dad membership, and RC Lens that the 30-year-old goalkeeper would be part of the latter for the rest of the season, and presentation photos had even been taken.
Pau López 1 jour à Lens.
Anthony Mounier 3 jours à Saint-Etienne.
Victoire de Pau López 💪 pic.twitter.com/S7YZo5smmp
— Yacine Youssfi (@yacine_youssfi) January 8, 2025
Nevertheless, MD say that Girona by no means gave approval for his or her mortgage settlement to be ended, and as such, he’ll now stay at Montilivi for a minimum of one other few weeks. The Catalans’ cause for not agreeing to a termination is that Lopez’s departure would imply that they solely have one ‘keeper, Paulo Gazzaniga, registered for his or her ultimate two league section matches within the Champions League.
A deal should still be accomplished later within the winter switch window, however for now, Lopez will probably be returning to Girona. This weird episode has come to its finish in the meanwhile.