OL players against Rangers (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP)
Banned from recruiting since the DNCG sanctions, OL can still strengthen themselves with the help of free loans. Strategy that should be used to attract Thiago Almada.
This Monday marks the return to training of the players of theOL. After a Sunday rest, Pierre Sage set the resumption to dissect the non-match against Montpellier (1-0) and prepare as best as possible for the trip to BrestSaturday (5 p.m.). Despite his words, Thiago Almada will not be in the game, because he is simply not an OL player yet. When he announced his arrival for January 5, the Argentine midfielder was still not registered by the Lyon club, due to sanctions from the DNCG. The financial policeman had sanctioned theOL a ban on recruitment, thus limiting its movements during the winter transfer window. Since January 1, management has primarily sought to sell rather than buy, as Pierre reiterated. Sage last week.
Not necessarily tied hand and foot
By choosing to appeal its sanctions, OL hopes to see them lifted even if the chances of doing so are very slim. However, this should not prevent the Rhone squad from strengthening on one condition. OL cannot buy a player strictly speaking, but can very well recruit one temporarily in the form of a loan, as had been suggested The Team. This is most certainly the strategy that will find favor with leaders to offer themselves Thiago Almada in the coming days. Unless OL waits to see if he is authorized to buy again after his oral on Friday. But that would waste time in integrating the Argentinian…
