The first day of the championship and the defeat conceded to Rennes (3-0) highlighted one obvious fact: the Lyon midfield is suffering, too unbalanced to assume its essential transition role. Faced with this observation, the Rhone management has started looking for a new midfielder. With a player already identified.
According to information from L’Equipe, the lucky winner is Tanner Tessmann, an American international who plays for Venice, recently promoted to Serie A. Versatile and with an imposing frame, the 22-year-old was the captain of the US team in recent days during the Paris Olympic Games.
Already an agreement with the player
“The American international (22 years old) has already agreed to join OL on the basis of a five-year contract. Now all that remains is to convince the Italian club to sell him, which should not represent an insurmountable obstacle, one year before the end of his contract,” notes the journalist from the aforementioned daily Hugo Guillemet.
Valued at €7 million on Transfermarkt, Tanner Tessmann has the advantage of being affordable in a market made complex by the timing, eight days before the end of the summer window. With the recent arrivals of Moussa Niakhaté (€32 million), Georges Mikautadze (€18.5 million) and Abner Vinicius (€8 million), not to mention the exercise of options taken on Ernest Nuamah (€28.5 million), Saïd Benrahma (€14.4 million), Orel Mangala (€23.4 million), Mama Baldé (€6 million), and Duje Caleta-Car (€3.5 million), OL has already spent nearly €135 million this summer. And is struggling to honor its commitment to sell €100 million to the DNCG…
