After Benrahma’s aborted transfer to OL, Pierre Sage hopes that the Rhone club will finally succeed in recruiting him.
16th in Ligue 1 two days away from hosting OM,Olympique Lyonnais is aware that its main mission in the second half of the season will be to save itself from relegation to Ligue 2. To do this, the Rhone club has given itself the means to succeed by not hesitating to drop 55 million euros on the summer transfer window, making it the biggest spending club in Europe over this period.
Between frustration and hope
Despite this, the feeling of frustration prevails due to the abortive transfer of Saïd Benrahma (28 years old) due to a computer bug preventing documents from being saved, as reported by West Ham. At a press conference this Friday, Pierre Sage did not hide his disappointment regarding the Algerian international. “Obviously disappointed. Disappointed for us, disappointed for the club and for everyone who has worked on the subject so far. I am very disappointed for him because, having spoken to him on the phone Thursday evening, he was very enthusiastic”lamented the Lyon coach.
Despite this imbroglio, there is still hope for OL which, according to information from The Teamwill attempt a joint appeal with Bétis Sevilla (in a similar situation for the arrival of Pablo Fornals) to FIFA in order to be able to validate the arrival of Benrahma a posteriori. “We hope that the situation will be resolved. There is hope that it will happen. We will do everything for it because it would obviously add value to our workforce with an additional solution”commented Sage.
