In disenchantment with Olympique Lyonnais, Karl Toko Ekambi has definitely turned his back on the Rhone club. He signed up with the Saudis in Abha on Tuesday.
This time it’s over for good. Three and a half years after his arrival at Olympique Lyonnais, Karl Toko Ekambi packed up to join Abha on Tuesday. This departure to Saudi Arabia puts an end to a complicated period for the player taken in dislike by a good part of the Rhone supporters, in the wake of the semi-final of Final 8 of the Champions League reached by OL in 2020. He will now take the path of the Saudi Pro League.
Recruited for the sum of 11.5 million euros from Villarreal, Toko Ekambi will have scored thirty-eight goals and offered nineteen assists to his teammates, during the one hundred and fourteen games he will have played in the jersey of the club. ‘OL. His sale should bring two million to his former club, according to information from RMC.
Last hectic outing
Loaned in January last season to Stade Rennais, the striker therefore returned to the Rhône this summer knowing that he would not linger there. His departure is not a surprise, he whose last appearance in the Lyon jersey had given rise to a bronca in the Groupama Stadium, when he left with a kick in a trash can. Karl Toko Ekambi will now be able to move on and find some peace of mind.
