OL made strong choices last summer during the transfer market. Anthony Lopes was notably ousted from his position as number 1.
Anthony Lopes is undoubtedly a goalkeeper who will have made OL history. The Portuguese is a child of Lyon and has always proudly worn the Rhone jersey. But there you go, love stories sometimes end badly and Anthony Lopes will not say otherwise. Last summer, the Gones management made the strong choice to install Lucas Perri as number 1. Rémy Descamps was even recruited to move ahead of Lopes in the hierarchy. Because the message was clear for the Lusitanian: leave before the end of his contract, which ends in June 2025. But Lopes preferred to stay and not sit on his emoluments. However, his treatment is surprising…
Lopes, it's turning into a disaster
In recent hours, Progress returned to the flops of the season. And the media logically pointed out the behavior of Les Gones with Lopes, who played 489 matches with OL all the same: “The management of Anthony Lopes… Under contract until 2025, Anthony Lopes will leave OL in a few months after a blank season. And perhaps without the tribute that a pure gone who gave so much to his training and heartfelt club would have deserved. The goalkeeper could (should?) have left last summer instead of securing the last year of his lucrative contract, and the club did him no favors, for example by recruiting Descamps as Lucas Perri's replacement. and keeping him away from any competition. An incomprehensible management for several former members of the club, including Grégory Coupet”. It now remains to be seen whether the Lyon public will pay tribute to him in the coming weeks and where Lopes could then bounce back. At 34, his experience could be of service to a lot of clubs.
