It was one of the requests of Paulo Fonseca after the necessary departure of Georges Mikautadze for Villarreal at the end of the transfer window: recruiting a advanced attacker in addition to Martin Satriano, the Uruguayan striker lent with option to buy by RC Lens. Las for OL, the transfer windows closed too early …
Matthieu Louis-Jean, the Technical Director of the Gones, spoke of the track of a Joker, ” A good player, capable of bringing a real added value “, In his own words Wednesday at the press conference of the hectic summer of the Lyonnais. However, few players now are likely to meet these criteria.
In addition to attackers on the tile and without club at this hour – scorers such as Emmanuel Dennis, Michail Antonio, Patrick Bamford, Vincent Aboubakar or even Karl Toko Ekambi, cited by L'Equipe this Thursday in examples of summer opportunities to be seized again – OL could be tempted to find the rare pearl among the footballers, but always unwanted at this hour.
Interesting profiles in Lens too
If we dismiss the elements that are too expensive for Lyonnais who will not be able to invest more than 6 million euros in the operation, there are interesting profiles that remain in Ligue 1. This is the case of the Marseillais Neal Maupay, who at the last hours of the market refused to rally Sassuolo or Getafe, but which no longer has its place in the plans of Roberto de Zerbi.
OL could also look into the case of other Lensois. Those of Captain Florian Sotoca, less and less in sight in the blood and gold jersey, and Morgan Guilavogui, who has almost joined Southampton in recent days. Other potential targets to be studied according to the aforementioned sports daily: the Strasbourg Strasbourgois, the Lorientais Mohamed Bamba or the Monegasque Paris Brunner. So many attackers who will not have the expected playing time in their respective clubs.
