The winter transfer window will be hectic at OL, who must sell to improve their financial situation and Le Progrès has revealed the three players that the Rhone club wanted to leave as a priority during the month of January.
Pinned by the DNCG, which issued a ban on recruitment and a demotion as a precautionary measure, Olympique Lyonnais will be active in January. The objective of John Textor and the Rhone leaders will be to sell as many players as possible and if possible, those on whom Pierre Sage does not count. Because during his press conference on Saturday, the OL boss recalled that the objective was to qualify for the Champions League and therefore, the goal is not to empty the squad of its best players as soon as the winter transfer window. To do this, it will be necessary to keep Malick Fofana and Rayan Cherki, two players that Lyon do not want to sell this winter.
According to the information from Progressthree elements have however been identified as players who absolutely must leave next January. These are Gift Orban, Wilfried Zaha and Warmed Omari, three players who have hardly played under Pierre Sage since the start of the season. The Nigerian striker, recruited a year ago from La Gantoise, should be able to find the right match for him because his profile remains interesting for a certain number of clubs. As for Zaha and Omari, on the other hand, their departures would only serve to reduce the club's payroll because they are only on loan and will therefore not bring transfer compensation to OL.
OL would like to part ways with Zaha, Orban and Omari
In addition, nothing says to date that Galatasaray and Rennes have agreed to break their loan and this decision will not belong to the Lyon leaders. Concerning Fofana and Cherki, their names are well cited by Le Progrès, but the Rhone media believes that concerning them, a departure is planned more for next summer, when their market value will be at its highest. It now remains to be seen whether there will be a significant gap between what Olympique Lyonnais wants and what will be achievable this winter. Because the consistency of the squad is crucial but the financial survival of the club is even more so and everyone will agree on this point.
