Olympique Marseille are monitoring Lens' 21-year-old French defender, Ismaelo Ganiou. Other French teams also tracking the centre-back include Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain. According to TEAMtalk, several Premier League sides are monitoring the player, and Tottenham Hotspur, Newcastle United, Fulham, and Brentford watched him during 2026. TEAMtalk also understands that Chelsea owners BlueCo and the City Football Group have also been monitoring Ganiou. Italian clubs Atalanta and Como, as well as Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig in Germany, are also watching his development. Ganiou, who has been capped five times by France at U21 level, joined Lens in July 2025 and is contracted until June 2030. Transfermarkt estimates his current market value to be €30.00m.