Four days after its victory (1-0) at Rodez in Ligue 2, Amiens strikes a blow with the arrival of a former member of the house! Gaël Kakuta, lacking playing time with RC Lens in Ligue 1, returns to ASC and has signed for four seasons.
Very close to committing to Nantes during the transfer window this summer, the former Chelsea player had finally remained in the mining basin. The midfielder has played only two meetings with blood and gold since the start of the season.
It is therefore again to relaunch, as in 2017 that he is involved with Amiens. Arrived in Picardy after the rise of the Picard club in Ligue 1Gaël Kakuta had played a full season with the ASC under the orders of Christophe Pélissier (36 matches, 6 goals) before returning to Spain in the summer of 2018.
After a low season with Rayo Vallecano, Gaël Kakuta returned to Picardy during the 2019-2020 season. An exercise where Amiens had been demoted to Ligue 2 after the end of the season because of the Covid epidemic.
It was at this time that Gaël Kakuta had set sail for Lens, his training club, first in the form of a loan. With Lens, he played 66 Ligue 1 matches and scored 14 goals.