Still under the persistent surveillance of the DNCG, Olympique Lyonnais should still decide to sell this summer, and this could concern several high market values of its workforce. With this in mind, Afonso Moreira has already left the club to join Bayer Leverkusen (€33.6 million, including €4.1 million in bonuses), only one year after his arrival from Sporting.
It is not excluded that other important elements will leave the ship this summer, like Pavel Šulc. In recent months, the British press has relayed the interests of Nottingham Forest, Tottenham, Aston Villa, as well as Leeds. According to our information, the last club cited has advanced its pawns in the case of the Czech international (24 caps, 5 goals) in recent days.
OL values Sulc at around 25 million euros
Even if no agreement has yet been reached, discussions have been initiated between OL and the English club. The sticking point at the moment lies in the price of the player. Lyon values the 25-year-old midfielder at around 25 million euros (the Transfermarkt website estimates the player’s price at €20 million). It remains to be seen how far Leeds will be able to go for the player under contract until 2029 with Les Gones. Arriving at OL as an unknown a year ago for 7.5 million euros, Šulc established himself as one of the revelations of last season in Ligue 1.
Author of 15 goals and 10 assists in 42 matches in all competitions, the former Viktoria Plzen player quickly became indispensable in the eyes of his coach Paulo Fonseca. We imagine that he would like to be able to count on the Czech for the third preliminary round of the Champions League that his team will play in early August (go on the 4th or 5th, return on the 11th). Regarding South Korean international Jun-ho Bae, discussions continue between OL and Stoke City. The player is currently on vacation in South Korea and is expected to return to training next week. At the moment, there is a valuation gap between the two clubs, but the player wants to join Lyon.
