Overview
- Foot Mercato reports Chelsea are working behind the scenes on the 18-year-old, with a sign-then-loan pathway to Strasbourg under consideration.
- Arsenal and Newcastle are monitoring the France U20 midfielder, with Borussia Dortmund and Stuttgart also credited with interest.
- Marseille have tabled an extension offer and, according to reports, could consider a winter sale if talks do not progress.
- Bakola remains contracted to OM until 2027 and has eight senior appearances this season after a Champions League display that included an assist against Newcastle.
- Current reporting frames the chase as a long-term development move rather than an immediate first-team addition at any suitor.