This is certainly the move that not many people were expecting from Olympique Lyonnais. While the club remains under the surveillance of the DNCG, a year after having come close to administrative relegation, and the sales of players with high financial value are adding up, a French international will join Les Gones.
The information was confirmed this Tuesday by L’Équipe: OL and AC Milan have reached an agreement around the loan with option to purchase the French midfielder. For such an operation to be carried out, Lyon simply benefited from the space freed up in its payroll by the various departures validated in recent days.
Malick Fofana close to Crystal Palace, but above all the departures of Duje Caleta-Car and Ainsley Maitland-Niles will have weighed in the balance to allow the former AS Monaco to return to Ligue 1 under the Lyon colors.
Youssouf Fofana relaunches at OL
The media also specified that Lyon should cover half of the salary of the twenty-seven-year-old player selected twenty-five times for the France team. Ultimately not selected by Didier Deschamps for the 2026 World Cup, and after a season missed by his club AC Milan, unable to qualify for the Champions League, Youssouf Fofana will have the opportunity to get back on track.
More in Milan’s plans for this new season, the one who scored three goals with the Blues will undergo his medical examination and should officially commit to OL before the end of the transfer window.
