Wishing to reduce its workforce, Olympique Lyonnais should soon record the departure of Jeff Reine-Adelade. The midfielder is heading to Sville and could be the first to leave OL this winter.
White awaits starts in midfield
Corentin Tolisso, Maxence Caqueret, Thiago Mendes, Houssem Aouar, Johann Lepenant, Jeff Reine-Adelade… At Olympique Lyonnais, many are applying for two places in midfield this season. Faced with this traffic jam in the midfield, departures are expected this winter to lighten the squad and make room for Joo Gomes, the defensive midfielder for Flamengo announced to be close to OL.
In the game of departures, Reine-Adelade could well be the first to pack his bags. Several sources, French and foreign, announced on Monday that FC Sville and Lyon are negotiating around a loan from the 25-year-old midfielder, who has already agreed with the Blanquijorros on personal terms. The Andalusian club is looking to strengthen the team to move up the rankings after a difficult first part of the season (15th in La Liga) and is counting on the versatility of the former Angevin.
A purchase option?
This loan could be accompanied by a purchase option which will allow Sville to buy the player definitively at the end of the season. We are talking about a possible amount of 12 million euros, or almost half of the sum spent by OL in 2019 to snatch the native of Champigny-sur-Marne from SCO Angers (25 M €). Difficult for Lyon to hope to touch more for an element which has never managed to impose itself in the capital of Gaul and suffered two serious knee injuries in 2019 and 2021.
Since these two injuries, the player spent by the youth teams of Arsenal has not managed to find his best level. His playing time in Lyon does not help him there. He has only had one start this season and Laurent Blanc made him understand that he was no longer counting on him by playing him only 20 minutes since the post-World Cup resumption. The Lyon coach did not even bring him into play against Chambry (3-0) on Saturday in the Coupe de France. This new disappointment definitely convinced the player that it was time to leave. Karl Toko Ekambi and Romain Faivre could follow.
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