Olympique Lyonnais will go before the FFF appeal committee on Friday following the DNCG sanctions. In the meantime, OL is not at a standstill in the Thiago Almada case.
Banned from recruiting during this winter transfer window, and threatened with demotion to Ligue 2, OL will plead their case at the end of the week against the French Football Federation, trying to provide guarantees to prove that John Textor doesn't do anything. In the meantime, Olympique Lyonnais is able to quickly bring about a reinforcement and not just any reinforcement, since it is Thiago Almada, the Argentinian world champion from Botafogo. Announced since last summer in Lyon, the probable successor of Rayan Cherki has not yet set foot in the capital of Gaul, but according to Hugo Guillemet, this should not take long, despite the sanction announced this fall by the DNCG, because not everything is forbidden to Lyon officials and they fully intend to take advantage of it.
Thiago Almada at OL, everything will accelerate
Indeed, if Olympique Lyonnais cannot spend money to recruit a player during this winter transfer window, the Rhone club is able to lend reinforcement free of charge, explains the journalist from The Team. « This option could be used to allow Thiago Almada to sign in the coming days », Specifies Hugo Guillemet about the Argentinian midfielder from Botafogo. Enough to necessarily bring a real big reinforcement to Pierre Sage's squad, even if the signing of Thiago Almada before February 3 could also trigger the sale of Rayan Cherki, the idea of the Lyon leaders probably not being to pile on the players, especially at a time when the club must still be careful in terms of salaries. At a time when OL have returned to the qualifying places for the next Champions League, even if everything is not perfect, the adjustments made during this winter transfer window will weigh heavily in the balance.
