Frosinone winger Farès Ghedjemis has not taken a single step onto a Serie A pitch this season, and with Beşiktaş raising their offer only to be rebuffed by the 23-year-old's preference for AS Monaco, the transfer standoff has entered a new phase — one defined less by competing bids than by a player who has decided where he wants to go.
The significance of that distinction is considerable. A higher Beşiktaş offer would ordinarily shift the negotiating dynamic toward the selling club, giving Frosinone leverage to extract better terms. But Ghedjemis's stated preference for Monaco complicates that calculus. Frosinone's position — holding a player who wants out, while fielding bids from a club the player does not want — is not a comfortable one, particularly for a side that opened the 2026-27 Serie A campaign with a 0-1 home defeat to Juventus and sits 14th with no points from one match.
Massimiliano Alvini's Frosinone have already shown they can compete structurally against elite opposition — Juventus needed the woodwork to secure their opening-day win at the Stirpe — but the squad's depth and morale are not served by a prominent player existing in administrative limbo. Ghedjemis has not featured in Alvini's matchday plans, and with the window still open, that absence looks set to continue regardless of which direction the transfer resolves.
The player's profile adds context to why multiple clubs are pursuing him. Rated at 74 out of 100 by analytical models, with a projected ceiling of 80, Ghedjemis represents the kind of asset that clubs at Monaco's level target precisely because the upside is real and the acquisition cost is still manageable. His one Coppa Italia appearance this season — recorded before the current Serie A campaign began, and not for Frosinone in the league — produced an assist, a reminder that the ability is present even when the minutes are not.
What Frosinone need now is resolution, not prolongation. A squad preparing for a difficult Serie A season, already without points, cannot afford to carry a transfer saga into September. If Monaco move to meet Frosinone's valuation, the deal closes. If they do not, Ghedjemis faces a choice between accepting Beşiktaş or returning to a squad where his relationship with the project has been publicly complicated. Neither outcome is clean, but the current state — no minutes, no deal, no clarity — serves nobody least of all the player.
Ghedjemis is 23, with his best years ahead of him and a market that has confirmed his value. The question is whether Monaco act before the window closes or leave him to resolve his future in January.