Despite its uncomfortable financial situation, OL have no intention of selling off their best players and even less so during the winter transfer window. The departure of Rayan Cherki is therefore not on the agenda, unless there is a crazy offer.
The winter transfer window largely contributed to saving Olympique Lyonnais from relegation last season. Les Gones took advantage of this winter window to recruit massively. This season, the situation is different and among the supporters, we fear this month of January more than anything else due to the financial situation of the club, obliged to sell several players by the month of June in order to balance its accounts. All eyes are on Rayan Cherki and Malick Fofana, the two players with the highest market value within the OL squad. These two departures are feared and Lyon will not be in a strong position to negotiate big prices.
Despite its difficult position vis-à-vis the DNCG, the Rhone club does not wish to endure the events and negotiations to come, as the site explains. AS Roma Live. The media, which evokes a potential interest from the Roman club for Rayan Cherki, explains that Olympique Lyonnais will be intractable in the negotiations for its French international hopefuls in the winter transfer window. While interest is increasing (Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusen are also mentioned), OL have no intention of giving in easily and selling Rayan Cherki at a low cost price, which was hoped for by interested European clubs . On the contrary, the Lyon board wants to take advantage of the hype around its player to raise the stakes.
OL want at least 35 million for Cherki
A position of strength which translates into a desire to sell Cherki for at least 30 or even 35 million euros according to the Italian media. A significant sum that none of the clubs interested in Rayan Cherki are ready to put on the table in January. A big blow from OL, who could therefore succeed in keeping their best player from the first part of the season beyond the month of January. A position which will be appreciated by supporters, who fear seeing their club give away the family jewels at a ridiculous price. This is not a priori the case for John Textor, even if it will be interesting to see how Olympique Lyonnais will react in the event of a firm and official offer from a club for Rayan Cherki at 20 or 25 million euros in next January.
