At a press conference, Pierre Sage did not want to get involved in the matter of the two Botafogo players (Thiago Almada, Luiz Henrique) who were supposed to arrive in January…
If Thiago Almada and Luiz Henrique both spilled the beans by announcing their departure for Botafogo and their arrival at OL, Les Gones still do not know if they will be able to circumvent the DNCG sanction to register the Argentinian and the Brazilian on the basis of a free loan with full salary coverage by Eagle Holdings (the parent company of Eagle Football (formerly OL Groupe)).
Pierre Sage has no certainties for his reinforcements
In the most total vagueness on the file, Pierre Sage does not want to come forward as he made it known on Thursday during his traditional press conference on D-2 of the Lyon – Montpellier match: “I will not express myself on it until it becomes official. Today, we don’t even know if we are in the formalization phase.”
A second concern arises for Luiz Henrique
With €14.3 million already recovered from Jeffinho and Gift Orban, OL have begun their winter slimming treatment but it will take five to six more departures to reach the set sales objective (€55 million) and sufficiently lower the payroll to convince the DNCG to open the door to the 2022 World Champion and the former Bétis crack. To welcome Luiz Henrique, OL will also have to free up a place from outside the community… Which could happen if the Englishman Ainsley Maitland-Niles actually acquires Barbados nationality… Or if Adryelson, returns from his four-month loan in Brazil, find another base.
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