In difficulty at the start of the season, OL found itself in trouble again in Ligue 1 during the transfer window as if the uncertainty surrounding several players was plunging Pierre Sage's team into chaos.
The transfer window has definitely been Olympique Lyonnais' worst enemy for some time. Last summer, the team's results were catastrophic during the transfer window, including defeats against Rennes and Monaco at the start of the season. In this month of January, the observation is similar. Since the start of the winter transfer window, Pierre Sage's team has lost against Bourgoin-Jallieu in the Coupe de France and against Brest in Ligue 1 in addition to the very difficult draw against Toulouse last Saturday and the miraculous victory against Montpellier.
OL weighed down by the transfer window and the DNCG
For our colleagues from Progrès, there is no doubt that the uncertainty linked to the future of several players during the transfer window is completely weighing down OL this season and the DNCG has nothing to do with it, the body having banned Les Gones from recruitment while forcing it to sell several players to balance its accounts. “It's no secret that OL still need to sell players to get back on track financially. With this in mind, the more players on the transferable list are visible, the more the club will benefit. For the men concerned, the situation is not necessarily very comfortable. With effects on the team. Why didn't Malick Fofana start against Toulouse? The winter transfer window is a very uncomfortable invader and it really occupies the locker room. The sneaky transfer window is doing its work » writes journalist Christian Lanier in the columns of the regional daily.
-Olympique Lyonnais' results collapsed during the transfer window and this is clearly no coincidence. Pierre Sage must count the days between now and February 3 so that this will finally be behind him. Hoping for him that the 45-year-old technician, who withstood the summer storm, will still be there after that of January.
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