Thiago Mende leaves OL for Qatar

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By: Manu Tournoux

Thiago Mende leaves OL for Qatar

Long disliked by Lyon supporters, Thiago Mende will no longer be at OL next season. The Brazilian player will join the Al Rayyan club in Qatar.

It is Fabrizio Romano who announces it this Tuesday evening, Thiago Mendes is preparing to leave Olympique Lyonnais, he who had joined the Rhone club from Lille in 2019 for 22 million euros. The 31-year-old Brazilian defensive midfielder still had two years left on his contract, but he will not go through with his commitment. The famous Italian journalist specifies that the player will pass his medical examination on Wednesday before signing with the Qatari team of Al-Rayyan.

OL part ways with a player who annoyed fans

Fabrizio Romano does not specify the amount of the transaction, but Qatar is not Saudi Arabia, and Olympique Lyonnais will probably not pocket a mountain of gold in this operation. Between Thiago Mendes and OL, this is the end of a very eventful story, the player and his wife having often had trouble with Lyon supporters.

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Manu Tournoux

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