Barring a small miracle from John Textor, OL will need to sell this winter to balance their books. Malick Fofana is making more and more people dream.
No one in Europe can ignore the economic situation of OL, which is in such difficulty that provisional relegation to Ligue 2 is now a possibility. pronounced by the DNCG. Despite the financial sleight of hand that John Textor promises regarding the stock market listing of his group or the sale of Crystal Palace shares announced for several months, the danger is to see nothing coming. In this case, it will mainly be the sale of players which will make it possible to balance accounts in the bright red. And departures of important elements will be inevitable in a month, at the start of the winter transfer window.
A sale between 30 and 35 ME
This will be the case for Malick Fofana, who is seriously starting to panic the Premier League. His latest performances have given ideas, and Liverpool are no longer alone in this situation. The British media Caughtoffside claims that Arsenal and Aston Villa now want to bring him in in January, to make a big move before all of Europe runs after him. The Belgian has made a name for himself this season with OL, and his room for improvement is still enormous. As a result, its value also increases since the specialized site announces that, if a transfer were to take place, it would be for a sum greater than 30 million euros.
A big added value for OL, even if the sporting loss would be enormous. But at a time when John Textor wants to make big sales like those which have often saved Lyon in the past financially, such a sum for a 19-year-old player risks hitting the mark. It remains to be hoped for Lyon supporters that the American owner will find other solutions to improve the financial health of the Rhone club, otherwise such a departure would risk penalizing this situation. And this even though Malick Fofana has regularly repeated that he feels good in Lyon, and that he dreams of playing in the Champions League in the OL jersey.
