OL’s lunar video to present its latest recruit

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By: Manu Tournoux

OL's lunar video to present its latest recruit

Lyon have confirmed the signing of Arsenal defender Ainsley Maitland-Niles to a four-year deal, thanks to a bizarre announcement video.

Maitland-Niles had been outnumbered at Arsenal for several seasons, having spent 2021-22 on loan at Roma, and 2022-23 at Southampton. He left the Gunners on a free in July, and Lyon signed the player on a permanent deal and announced his signing with a bizarre video playing on England’s love of tea and scones.*

Maitland-Niles is served an English “afternoon tea” by a waiter, before sending it away and asking for the Lyon version.

At a time when announcement videos are more original and relevant than each other, this one will certainly go down as one of the weirdest sequences ever produced by a club.

Maitland-Niles has signed a four-year contract at Lyon and will hope to have more success in Ligue 1 than in Serie A, where he has made just eight league appearances.

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