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Published on Dec 4, 2024 at 12:19 p.m. par
Day Dayan
Olympique Lyonnais narrowly missed one of the current best scorers in the world.
Football and recruitment are a bet on the future. Recruiting a young player is a promise that the club makes to itself in the hope of seeing him reach his full potential. At times there are successes, but as always there are also losses. Thus, some clubs may be reluctant to recruit talented players who have not yet proven themselves at the highest level. Olympique Lyonnais unfortunately missed the boat with one of the most prolific strikers of the year.
Let's put everything in context. In the summer of 2023, the English club Coventry City offers one of its attackers. To recruit him, his value was estimated at 15 million euros. The sports director of Lyon, Bruno Cheyrou, decided not to follow up, despite the striker's good statistics in the Championship, the second English division. This attacker was none other than the excellent Viktor Gyökeres. During that same summer, after OL's refusal, the player signed with Sporting Portugaland the rest, we know her very well.
Viktor Gyokeres, la superstar d'Europe
If OL missed the opportunity to recruit Viktor Gyökeres, it was mainly to bring back General Alexandre Lacazette. But on the other hand,The Gones missed one of the most impressive strikers of the season. Since his arrival in Portugal, the Swedish striker has scored 67 goals and 19 assists in 71 matches. This season, Gyökeres is attracting everyone's attention. The Stockholm native is on cloud nine with his thunderous start to the season.
Coveted by many Premier League clubs, the player could bring in more than 75 million euros to his current team. A sum that makes the 2023 transaction much more than profitable. In addition to this positive financial aspect, Gyökeres could have disrupted the French defenses. However, nothing guarantees that the Swede's development would have been the same with Olympique Lyonnais.
