OL: Bayer Leverkusen would have an eye on Cherki

Rayan Cherki during OL – Strasbourg. (Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP)

Regularly mentioned among the possible starters this winter, Rayan Cherki would have suitors. German champion, Bayer Leverkusen, would be one of them.

John Weaver is today “iron” by Rayan Cherkiwill he do everything in his power to keep it in January? His statement last Saturday about him does not really go in this direction. “We hope he stays over the winter and leaves in July, but it's up to him and you can never be sure of anything in football.”

Valued at around 15 million euros last summer, when he was not playing and was one year from the end of his contract, the attacking midfielder has seen his rating skyrocket in recent weeks. Returning to the group following his extension, he displays an increasingly regular level of performance, even if his statistics, two goals and three assists in eleven appearances with OL, are not impressive. But we observe in him a greater maturity in his game, and the differences he manages to create do not lie.

The winter soap opera

Key element now in Pierre's group Sagethe Gonecurrently with the France Espoirs team, is one of the club's highest market values. And since Olympique Lyonnais is preparing to sell players, both to downsize its squad and to replenish the coffers, it should be one of the names often cited in the transfer window section.

This is how Foot Market we learned this Tuesday that besides Liverpool, other European teams would be interested in the profile of Cherki (21 years old). The media specifies that it would be Bayer Leverkusen, reigning German champion. The PSG sea serpent is also mentioned.

Taking advantage of this supposed renewed interest, Olympique Lyonnais would like to up the ante. He would expect some 30 million euros, while hoping to score higher if everyone's desire is effective.