The nugget of Olympique Lyonnais comes out of a very convincing season and Euro, to the point of arousing the interest of Newcastle, who will have no problem betting big on Rayan Cherki this summer.
Olympique Lyonnais knows they are under attack on three of their nuggets this summer. While the club is struggling to convince the DNCG of its good financial balance, John Textor is very keen to achieve the feat of keeping both Castello Lukeba, followed by RB Leipzig, Bradley Barcola, in the sights of PSG , and Rayan Cherki. The latter is in the process of passing a milestone, because he is now a Ligue 1 holder and technical leader of the France U23 team at only 19 years old. The playmaker has quite incredible potential and Laurent Blanc has taken him under his wing to help him progress and make him a lethal weapon for OL next season.
Cherki goes to the Mbappé clan
It will however be necessary to pay attention to the one who changed agent to join the mother of Kylian Mbappé, Fayza Lamari. An upheaval for a transfer? It is a possibility that an English club with deep pockets wants to test. Indeed, according to Le Foot, Newcastle is preparing an offer of up to 50 million euros to convince OL to give him Rayan Cherki. A decidedly fashionable amount, since it is the same price that PSG seem ready to pay to recover Bradley Barcola.
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For his part, Rayan Cherki is under contract until June 2025 and his value has long been estimated at around 30 million euros. A price that Real Madrid were ready to put two years ago. Since then, OL have above all warned everyone that their young midfielder is not for sale, and in particular by the decision of Jean-Michel Aulas to refuse an offer which he considered almost insulting of 16 million euros in from PSG last winter. In the meantime, Newcastle is therefore likely to return with serious financial arguments. And sports too, since the Magpies intend to fight for the title and shine in the Champions League, the recruitment of Sandro Tonali being the latest proof of this.
