France and Ivory Coast-eligible forward Elye Wahi has been linked with a return to Ligue 1, with Eintracht Frankfurt’s centre-forward rumoured to be on Nice’s radar.
The 22-year-old, currently valued at €12.00m, is being discussed as a potential attacking option for the Riviera club, according to data collated on 20 December 2025. The move remains firmly in the rumour category, with no stated fee, no contract details and the probability of a deal listed only as “?”, underlining the uncertainty around any negotiations.
Wahi joined Eintracht Frankfurt from Olympique Marseille and is listed with shirt number 17 in the Bundesliga, but his contract length in Germany is not specified, raising the theoretical possibility that future talks could involve a relatively low-cost deal or even a free-agent scenario if his agreement were to run down. For now, however, there is no indication in the data that a departure has been agreed or is imminent.
The forward’s market value has declined steadily over the past 18 months, from €22.00m shortly after his arrival in Frankfurt to €12.00m as of mid-December 2025. That drop could make him a more accessible target for Nice as they look within Ligue 1’s traditional talent pool for attacking reinforcement. No recent match-by-match figures or specific performances are listed in the data, so there is no statistical pointer as to whether form has driven that valuation change.
Born in Courcouronnes on 2 January 2003 and standing 1.84m tall, Wahi has already built an extensive CV across French and German football. After emerging from Montpellier’s youth ranks and progressing via their B side, he moved into Ligue 1 with Montpellier HSC’s first team, then joined RC Lens, switched to Marseille and later crossed the border to the Bundesliga with Frankfurt.
Comfortable as a central striker and preferring his right foot, Wahi has experienced both the tactical demands of Ligue 1 and the intensity of the German top flight. Should a transfer to Nice eventually materialise, it could offer him a platform to reset his trajectory, reassert his value in familiar surroundings and shape the next phase of a promising, if already eventful, career.
