Gift Orban (OL) against Baptiste Santamaria and Steve Mandanda (Rennes) (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP)
No longer part of OL's plans, Gift Orban is looking for a way out. After Hoffenheim, Lens would also have taken action for the Nigerian striker.
The winter transfer window has not yet opened its doors and files are already getting carried away at OL. In the coming hours, Anthony Lopes will become a player of the FC Nantesif the medical examination which took place this Monday at the end of the afternoon was successful. However, the Portuguese was not the only one concerned about finding a way out. There are many of them in the Lyon squad and Goft Orban is perhaps one of those who have the most to gain from setting sail. A year after his arrival from La Gantoise, the Nigerian is clearly a missed bet and the adventure will end this winter. It remains to be seen where…
Competition that raises the stakes?
For several days, Hoffenheim has not hidden his interest in the Lyon striker, scorer of two goals in Ligue 1 at the end of August against Strasbourg. Discussions had started between all parties and an offer was reportedly made at ten million euros recently. Not really the amount hoped for by OL who had paid 14 million and bonuses for the Super Eagle.
Will the arrival of Lens in the case make it possible to raise the stakes and limit the financial damage for the Lyon club? In any case, the Lensois club, rather present in the departure box since the weekend, would also have expressed its interest with a first offer, below the Rhone requirements, namely twelve million euros. . However, the Orban file risks being the next hot soap opera of the winter between Rhône and Saône.
