Author of an incredible season in the jersey of FC Metz in Ligue 2, Georges Mikautadze is in the small papers of Olympique Lyonnais for the next transfer window. Anything but a surprise.
Voted best player of the season in Ligue 2 at the UNFP Trophies ceremony last weekend, Georges Mikautadze has completely exploded in the eyes of French football followers this season. With 23 goals and 8 assists, the 22-year-old was one of the key men in Metz’s good season, which could validate his comeback in L1 on Friday evening in the event of a victory against Bastia. Following this ultra-important match, the Georgian international will have to ask himself to choose his future. A future that will probably not go through Metz, even in the event of a rise in Ligue 1. It must be said that Mikautadze is logically courted on all sides in view of the summer transfer window. Tracked by AC Milan, but also and above all by Burnley and Wolverhampton in the Premier League, who are ready to line up the 20 million euros desired by FC Metz, the native Lyonnais also has a chance to return to the OL. Indeed, according to information from 10 Sport, the Gones have checked the name of Mikautadze for several months.
OL want to bring Mikautadze back
EXCLUDED @le10sport : OL are very interested in Georges Mikautadze (Metz)!
▶️ OL positioned but did not make an offer
▶️ Metz wants 20 M€
▶️ Burnley and Wolverhampton are in the race https://t.co/EFQydNnxPF
— Alexis BERNARD (@AlexisBernard10) June 1, 2023
Positioned in this case, OL have not yet made a transfer offer. It must be said that Metz is very greedy to let go of its striker under contract until 2026. If they appreciate the profile of the best player in L2, the Rhone leaders are still hesitant at this price. In any case, if Lyon were to take action, Mikautadze could well give in to temptation, since he has always dreamed of playing at Groupama Stadium. Trained by OL between 2008 and 2015 in the same generation as Gouiri, Mikautadze had already made foot calls to his former club via declarations of love in the press, but also by making the 69 sign in the Cauldron during his double against ASSE last April. Suffice to say that if he has the opportunity to return to Lyon, after being ousted from OL at the age of 15 before bouncing back to Saint-Priest and Metz via Seraing, the Gone will not hesitate to to get on the train.
