After Rayan Cherki and Lucas Perri for 36 and 16 million euros, as well as Jordan Veretout (sold 500,000 euros to Al-Arabi) and Duje Caleta-Car (loaned to the Real Sociedad), without counting the departures of Alexandre Lacazette (end of contract) and Thiago Almada (referred to Botafogo), Malick Fofana is the next big sale of OL. The Rhodanian club, which has escaped administrative relegation in Ligue 2 (which has moved its owner John Textor from orders), must considerably reduce the wing.
Untenable 20-year-old feu-follet, Malick Fofana is in the viewfinder of very large clubs, like Bayern and Liverpool. The Munichois offered Luis Diaz from the Reds and the latter could perhaps take action for Fofana. The England champion would then do the nique in Everton, the local rival, which has been negotiating with the Lyon management for a few days.
The Gones would now claim 45 million euros before bonus for their Belgian international recruited to La Gantoise in January 2024 (for 19.5 million at the time). In the meantime, Malick Fofana does not participate in the preparation meetings for the training of Paulo Fonseca, officially due to an injury to the head since last Monday during the internship in Austria. He is absent from the shock against Bayern, this Saturday at the Allianz Arena (kick off at 3:40 p.m.).
Paulo Fonseca does not believe it for Fofana
“Malick Fofana is still there, but what should you do?” Close the key door? I think it would be better for Malick if he stayed. But if an offer happens that we cannot refuse? But, I think, if it stays a year with us, it will be more prepared to go to a better team and OL can do a better championship with it too, we will see ”reacted the Portuguese coach of OL to Progress.
Paulo Fonseca can count on Georges Mikautadze as an offensive leader and opted a second time for Ainsley Masitland-Niles on the right wing and the young Portuguese recruit AFonso Moreira (20 years old) on the left. Pending offensive recruits… Khalis Merah, a very promising environment of the Lyon U19, continues to support Tanner Tessmann and Corentin Tolisso in the midfield. Rémy Descamps is the goalkeeper pending the arrival of a successor to Perri.
The eleven of Bayern: Neuer-Boey, Upamecano, Kim Min-Jae, Guerreiro-Wanner, Bischof, Goretzka-Karl, Kane, Coman.
The eleven of OL: Descamps-Kumbedi, Mata, Niakhaté, Abner-Merah, Tessmann, Tolisso-Maitland-Niles, Mikautadze, Moreira.
