Nothing is going well between Rayan Cherki and John Textor. While the winter transfer window has closed, a file has left traces internally. The young attacking midfielder, frustrated by underestimated commitments, tried everything for the whole to obtain their case. An initiative that has not borne fruit, but which speaks volumes about the fracture which has been dug between the two men.
Cherki tried to force his departure
Monday, in the last hours of the transfer window, Rayan Cherki mobilized his lawyers to write an official letter intended for John Textor. The objective: to remind the president of the OL that a borussia dortmund offer, in the amount of 22.5 million euros, respected a verbal agreement set between the two parties. This commitment stipulated that if such a sum was put on the table, Lyon would undertake to let his player go. But at the last moment, the American owner saw his position and decided to block the transfer.
Cherki was determined to leave OL.
According to the team, the Lyon leader judged that the German offer was “disrespectful”, much lower than the actual value of the player and above all badly formulated. A change of CAP Brutal which took Cherki de Court and forced him to finish the season under the colors of Lyon.
A choice dictated by the urgency of the transfer window
If Textor closed the door to a start, it is also because OL is in a complicated situation. Forbidden to recruit by the DNCG, the club could only act on the free loans market. However, with the departures of Gift Orban, Jeffinho, Wilfried Zaha and Said Benrahma this winter, the offensive sector has already diminished. The new coach, Paulo Fonseca, therefore insisted to keep his playmaker, judging his key role in the second part of the season.
An end of the season under tension
If the transfer window is closed, the future of Rayan Cherki remains more uncertain than ever. The player, under contract until 2026, risks being again at the heart of the discussions this summer. By then, he will have to digest this soap and focus on the immediate objectives of OL, which is going through a delicate period after elimination in the Coupe de France against Bourgoin-Jallieu and four games without victory in League 1. See if this tension with Textor will leave traces on the ground …
