Olympique Lyonnais is preparing for a week of all dangers. Sunday, the Rhodanians will be at the Allianz Riviera to face Nice and avoid a third defeat in three days. But we will have to do without several injured players, like Anthony Lopes and Dejan Lovren, and without Alexandre Lacazette, suspended. The OL captain will also miss the clash against PSG on Sunday September 3. In the meantime, the residents of Groupama Stadium will have finished with the transfer window.
This, to the delight of Laurent Blanc, who keeps repeating that he will be able to announce his objectives when he has his final workforce. By the end of the summer market, the Cévennes could lose Bradley Barcola, who is courted by PSG, and Nicolas Tagliafico, who is tempted by a return to Ajax Amsterdam. In the direction of arrivals, he can count on Ernest Nuamah. The latter has already passed the medical examination. All that is missing is the formalization of his transfer.
Lyon has made a new proposal
Good news for Blanc, who hopes that his dearest wish will finally be granted: to recruit a number 6. The President has been calling for a middle since January. But his club failed last winter. This summer, the new recruitment cell got its hands on Ainsley Maitland-Niles. But this is not the profile that the OL coach wants. His club therefore set out to find additional reinforcements in this position. And it is Guido Rodriguez who is the number one target.
The environment of Bétis is very popular in Lyon. The Team explains that the player agrees to join Les Gones and sign a 4-year contract. But the hardest part remains to be done for John Textor’s club. Indeed, OL made a new proposal of 12 million euros according to the sports daily (the first was 8 million euros plus bonus, note). This has not yet been accepted by the Andalusians.
Betis resists
Indeed, the Sevillians are playing for time because they do not want to part with their player, who was also followed by Nottingham Forest. Sports Stadium explains that Bétis is trying to obtain the extension of Guido Rodriguez. This for several months. But the footballer under contract until 2024 has not yet been convinced. The Andalusian team still hopes to achieve this. This is what the vice-president of the club, José Miguel López Catalán, explained. We’ve had a lot of cases like this, we’re making good progress in terms of completing the contract.
He added :“When the club hasn’t tried to renew him, the player can say he wants to leave, but we want Guido. In addition, we believe that it will end with an extension. Not enough to reassure Lyon. But everything is possible yet to listen to it. “Let’s not give bad information: the players have a sports career. He is already 29 years old. He is a very popular player and there are clubs above us, with greater economic capacities, who can make better offers. Lyon, which however does not have a free hand with the DNCG, is obviously part of it. But the Gones will have to wet the jersey to convince Bétis.
