Frosinone winger Farès Ghedjemis has rejected an improved bid from Beşiktaş, with the 23-year-old holding out for a move to AS Monaco as the Turkish club's offer reportedly surpassed the French side's. The standoff places Ghedjemis at the centre of one of Serie A's more pointed transfer situations this late in the summer window — a player who knows where he wants to go, even as the money points elsewhere.
The significance is not merely personal. Frosinone opened their 2026-27 Serie A campaign with a 0-1 home defeat to Juventus, and Massimiliano Alvini's side sit 16th with no points from their opening match. Losing a wide midfielder of Ghedjemis's profile — rated 74 out of 100 by analytical models, with a projected ceiling of 80 — would deepen the squad's problems at precisely the moment cohesion matters most.
Ghedjemis contributed one assist in the Coppa Italia this season, a statistic produced in that competition rather than in Serie A, but it signals that he arrived at pre-season in working order. The Juventus defeat offered no goals from Frosinone — Bremer's header from a Francisco Conceição assist settled it — and the ciociari were further denied by the woodwork in a match that underlined how thin the margins are for a side of their standing. Whether Ghedjemis featured in that game, the data does not confirm.
What the data does confirm is his preference. A player who chooses Monaco over a higher Beşiktaş bid is making a statement about ambition and project, not just salary. Monaco's trajectory in recent seasons has made them an attractive destination for players who see themselves operating at a higher level within two or three years. Ghedjemis, at 23, is precisely the profile such clubs target.
Frosinone's leverage is contractual, not emotional. If they cannot persuade Ghedjemis that survival in Serie A is the right environment for his development, the risk is a player whose attention is already elsewhere — which, for a team that has yet to score in the league, is a problem Alvini cannot afford to carry into September.