(FILES) Nantes' French forward #10 Matthis Abline celebrates after scoring his team second goal during the French L1 football match between Paris FC and FC Nantes at the Stade Jean-Bouin in Paris on October 24, 2025. Matthis Abline, the French Under-21 international striker from Nantes, has signed a five-season contract with AS Monaco, the Principality club announced in the morning of July 30, 2026. Abline, 23, came through the ranks at Rennes, who loaned him out successively to Le Havre (JanuaryJune 2022), Auxerre (JanuaryJune 2023) and, during the 20232024 season, to Nantes, where he was then officially transferred last season. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP via Getty Images)