FOOTBALL – The president of Olympique Lyonnais took advantage of a press conference on Wednesday to return to the insane episode of the aborted transfer of his young Ghanaian to Fulham (Premier League), at the end of the summer transfer window in Ligue 1.
At the OL training center in Décines,
We admit that we were eager on Wednesday to hear John Textor’s version of the improbable outcome of the summer transfer window. Especially concerning Ernest Nuamah, announced as leaving for Fulham (Premier League) on August 30, only one year after joining OL, via a strange loan from Molenbeek (Belgium) then a juicy definitive transfer of 28.5 million euros in July.
We didn’t even have to ask the OL president about this 20-year-old Ghanaian international, who surprisingly stayed at Lyon after a first season that was as promising as it was frustrating (3 goals in 33 games). During the interminable initial monologue of his press conference (1h15 in total), John Textor tried to explain why the former Nordsjaelland (Denmark) winger had found himself on the list of probable departures during the summer.
“The funniest story I’ve ever heard”
“I had had indications from people around him that he was really eyeing the Premier League,” says the Eagle Football boss. “Three PL clubs were interested and yes, I got Ernest on the phone and I had a talk with him (…) - 20minutes
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