Rayan Cherki during OL – ASSE (Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP)
To his advantage for several weeks with OL, Rayan Cherki is above all a candidate for a departure during the winter. The young attacking player would be one of West Ham's preferred prospects in 2025.
Don't see him on the pitch at Parc OL on Sunday during the kick-off against Nice was a surprise. Rather to his advantage for several weeks, Rayan Cherki went to sit on the bench. To breathe a little, but also as a little reminder to Pierre Sage, who would not necessarily have appreciated the player's individualistic attempts a few days earlier in Azerbaijan. Regardless, the offensive player remains an important element of Lyon's system this season. A shame for an element which was to set sail during the summer and which finally extended for two seasons. However, it is not a long-term future that is being played out behind the scenes, quite the contrary. Rayan Cherki represents one of the rare large market values of theOL and with the need to sell this winter, he is one of the big candidates for a departure.
An interest that stretches over time
His good performances in this first part of the exercise logically speak for him and the’OL will not try to sell it off despite the liquidity emergency. Will the club use competition to raise the stakes? This would be a good idea, especially since there would be no shortage of courtiers. There was talk of Liverpoolfrom German clubs, but according to The Athletic, West Ham would have made it one of its preferred avenues to strengthen offensively in 2025. This is not the first time that Cherki is associated with the Hammers. It was discussed last winter, but also during the summer transfer window. It must be said that Tim Steidtenthe technical director of West Hamwould hold the international Espoirs in high esteem. But is the opposite true? This was not necessarily the case during the last two transfer windows.
