Six months after his arrival at Olympique Lyonnais, Georges Mikautadze is already attracting the attention of several suitors in Europe. After Galatasaray, Everton and Leverkusen could position themselves during the winter transfer window and offer a welcome check to Lyon with a view to its next visit to the DNCG.
John Textor may repeat the opposite, but OL may have to downsize this winter in order to prepare for their next visit to the DNCG. Relegated as a precautionary measure at the end of the season by the financial policeman of French football, the Rhone club could be forced to sell one or more players during the winter transfer window. If Rayan Cherki has several renowned suitors, Georges Mikautadze is not left out.
If Galatasaray would like to make him the replacement for Mauro Icardi, who has a serious knee injury and whose season is already over, the Georgian striker would also appeal to Everton and Leverkusen according to information from the Foot Mercato site. Between the millions from the Premier League and the great ambitions of the German champion, who could anticipate the sale of Florian Wirtz, OL could recover a nice check in the event of a sale.
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Mikautadze not indisputable at OL
Born in Lyon and trained with Les Gones, Georges Mikautadze finally waited for his transfer during the summer to play his first minutes with the pros. Long courted and even announced in Monaco, the striker left Metz to return to OL during the summer transfer window.
But his return home does not go ideally. Despite his nice goal against Gianluigi Donnarumma's PSG, the 24-year-old Georgian is struggling to find a place in Pierre Sage's eleven. If he has played 21 matches out of 22 possible this season, in all competitions, Georges Mikautadze is mainly content with a substitute role and has only had seven starts.
Reduced playing time which did not prevent him from scoring seven goals, all scored since October 27. A complicated adaptation but a recent revival of form which seems to arouse desire. So much the better for OL who, failing to install him among their captains, could make a capital gain for a player recruited for 18.5 million euros during the summer.
