While Olympique Lyonnais counted on a lucrative transfer of Malick Fofana to satisfy the DNCG, the young Belgian does not envisage departure to any club. A major setback, at a critical moment.
OL under extreme financial pressure
Relegated to Ligue 2 by the DNCG at first instance, OL has only a few days to fill an estimated hole between 40 and 70 million euros. To avoid this administrative descent, the new direction led by Michel Kang was acting to sell its best elements. Malick Fofana, who arrived this winter for 17 million euros this winter, had become the main source of hope on the market. But a crucial element comes to question everything.
An agreement was well reached with Nottingham Forest, according to Fabrizio Romano, but the player brakes. The 19 -year -old Belgian hopes to join a qualified club for the Champions League. Chelsea keeps an attentive eye on his situation, just like Bayern Munich and Naples, who carried out initial approaches. A posture which, if it can be explained sportingly, undermines the emergency strategy implemented by OL.
Fofana slows down a crucial transfer for maintenance
The club had bet on a quick sale of Fofana, estimated between 30 and 35 million euros, to get closer to the threshold required by the DNCG. But the current impasse delays the backtracks and prevents other files. After the aborted departure of Nuamah and the uncertainties around Tagliafico, this new blockage weakens the maintenance operation a little more.
John Textor's departure could have scored a turning point. But with Michel Kang at the helm, the observation remains alarming: the Mercato decisions are late, the players who are not inclined to cooperate, and the deadlines too short. OL seems to run after a solution that he could not anticipate.
