If we constantly mention the financial situation of Olympique Lyonnais, the gang of Corentin Tolisso and Alexandre Lacazette will have to try to ignore all this in order to negotiate as best as possible this important week which is coming, with perilous trips to Reims in Ligue 1 then to Azerbaijan to challenge Qarabag in the Europa League, all before the Lyon – Nice clash which will take place at the Grouapa Stadium on December 1st.
And if OL aims to keep Rayan Cherki and Malick Fofana at least until the end of this season, in addition to the probable arrival in January of Thiago Almada, John Textor would have learned some good news in recent hours.
Indeed, if he no longer enters into Pierre Sage's plans, Gift Orban will not be retained in Lyon this winter. And a club would have already positioned itself concretely to recover it.
The Turkish press assures us: the leaders of Trabzonspor would have come back to attack their OL counterparts for Gift Orban. A six-month loan with a purchase option set at €13 million would even already be in the pipeline for the former Nigerian striker from La Gantoise.
And if he had refused to join Turkey last summer, convinced that he could win in Lyon, Gift Orban would nevertheless have made up his mind and would now be considering leaving OL in January. It remains to be seen whether he will respond favorably to this offer from Trabzonspor!
