Almost exactly a year after his transfer, will Gift Orban leave Olympique Lyonnais this winter, on the January transfer market? Forced by the National Directorate of Control and Management (DNCG) to control the payroll and ban on recruiting, the Rhone club does not really have any room for maneuver and if it wants to strengthen itself it must necessarily downsize.
But the 22-year-old Nigerian striker has courtiers, according to The Team this Monday, he is followed closely in Germany, by the Hoffenheim club, but also in Ligue 1, by RC Lens. The sports daily understands that OL hopes to sell him for 12 million euros, that is to say the price of the investment to recruit him. Gift Orban arrived from All articles then Genk in Belgium for compensation of 12 million euros, plus 8 million in potential bonuses and 20% profit-sharing on any capital gain.
From 8.6 to 14.2 million euros in this transfer window
The player signed a contract for three and a half seasons until 2028. After a full year by smoothing the compensation to the years of the contract, Orban is worth the amortization for Olympique Lyonnais between 8.6 million and 14.2 million, depending on whether the bonuses are activated or not. In this order of magnitude, the Gones club would not have to pay a capital gain bonus for the benefit of the player's former team.
According to information from The Teamthe Hoffenheim club, resident of the German Bundesliga, would have made an offer of 10 million euros. RC Lens also made one, but the amount is not known.
