OL’s flagship recruit in the summer transfer window for nearly 20 million euros, Georges Mikautadze missed his big debut with the Rhone club. The Georgian international is still chasing his first goal.
On the verge of signing with AS Monaco, Georges Mikautadze finally made the decision to join Olympique Lyonnais during the summer transfer window. John Textor’s club spent 18 million euros excluding bonuses to secure the services of the co-top scorer of Euro 2024, who was coming off a breathtaking half-season under the colors of FC Metz. On paper, the recruitment of Mikautadze to prepare for Lacazette’s future was an excellent idea on the part of OL, and some observers were already imagining a possible duo between the two men. The fact remains that for the moment, Georges Mikautadze’s start to the season has been a complete failure.
With zero goals on the clock, the Georgian international has not yet shown his advantage in Lyon colors and Pierre Sage seems to have found his typical team without him for two weeks. Guest of the “ALZ” show presented by Zack Nani, journalist @Yannis_LB revealed the extra-sporting problems encountered by the OL striker to explain his failed start to the season. “We have to slap him on the back of the head. I speak figuratively, because Mikautadze has a lot of problems around the club. He came back to Lyon with all his friends, it’s not very serious in off-field investment” launched the speaker at Zack Nani’s microphone on Twitch, before continuing.
Mikautadze not focused enough on OL?
“There are resurfacing problems that already existed in Metz, that people on social networks need to know about, particularly related to the casino. In terms of the daily life and seriousness of a professional footballer, it is insufficient, it is not enough and it is felt in the daily investment and training. That’s not how he’s going to shake up a club legend like Lacazette.” launched the journalist from the Club des 5 and Winamax, for whom Georges Mikautadze is spreading himself far too far outside of football to make a success of his debut in the capital of Gaul.
Obviously, the former FC Metz scorer will quickly have to refocus on the green rectangle if he wants to shake up the hierarchy in Lyon and recover a starting place currently occupied by a legend, Alexandre Lacazette. A questioning all the more urgent on the part of Mikautadze as behind him, Orban and Zaha are also pushing to win in attack.
