Mahamadou Diawara is close to leaving OL. The young Lyon midfielder is coveted by Reims for a loan with an option to buy. But the enmity between John Textor and Reims president Jean-Pierre Caillot complicates the operation.
If John Textor wants to be calm about the future of Olympique Lyonnais, he takes the need to sell players very seriously. Maxence Caqueret is leaving for Como, Anthony Lopes has taken charge of Nantes and Gift Orban has been sold to Hoffenheim. Next on the starting list are Adryelson and Mahamadou Diawara. But the effectiveness of Lyon’s sellers comes up against certain resentments concerning the young midfielder. Textor will not do any favors to Diawara’s main suitor, Stade de Reims.
OL greedy for the option to buy Diawara
The transfer of the former Parisian was on track in recent days. This is all the more true since Reims wants Mahamadou Diawara on loan with an option to buy. However, OL do not intend to offer the 19-year-old player so easily. According to the journalist of The Team Loic Tanzi, the Rhone club is demanding a purchase option of 5 million euros to validate the midfielder’s departure to Champagne. A significant sum for 11th in Ligue 1.
However, this seems logical given the tensions seen between John Textor and Nasser Al-Khelaifi. Hugo Guillemet confirms it on X, the proximity between the president of Reims Jean-Pierre Caillot and that of PSG makes the owner of OL much more tenacious than usual. “ Yes you are right there will be no gifts, it is also a question of ego, Textor / Caillot not the same team… », writes the Gones follower for L’Equipe. We will now see who will crack first between Lyon, in search of liquidity, and Reims in search of maintenance.
