FC Metz agreed with AS Monaco, and yet Georges Mikautadze has joined OL these days – the club of his heart. Nine years after leaving the Lyon training center, the Georgian international, who was not short of suitors this summer, has opted for an unexpected return home.
” When you talk about unexpected, that’s kind of the goal of working like that. We don’t always do it on purpose, but the most important thing was to know who was number one in our lists. And it was Georgessaid the sports director of the Gones David Friio, questioned on the question by Le Progrès. So, we worked in a sub-surface environment, we were in the relationship, the exchange. And then, the trigger is the player’s choice. »
“We were convinced that Georges could come back”
” It was necessary to bring him therecontinues the man who was working at OM just a few months ago. We explained the project to him, why we wanted it. It was really unexpected because it had been announced elsewhere. But it was our mission. We were convinced that Georges could come back. There are always little doubts because sometimes we don’t control everything. But when we wrap things up well, with an orderly process, a common will, then it happens. We are very happy. »
Georges Mikautadze signed a four-year contract with OL this week. For compensation of 18.5 million euros, plus a maximum bonus of 4.5 million, as well as a 15% interest on any potential capital gain on resale, plus a surplus of one million euros.
