Bradley Barcola with Warren Zaire-Emery during the Blues rally (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)
Present in Didier Deschamps’ list for Euro 2024, Bradley Barcola has experienced rapid rise in a year and a half. Despite the tensions of recent months, the striker thanks OL for giving him the opportunity to start at the high level.
After the tension, it’s time for calm. Enter Bradley Barcola and theOL, things are not as simple as his professional debut and especially his second half of last season might have led us to believe. A real Lyon revelation with Rayan Cherki, the winger was supposed to embody the future of the Lyon club and gain maturity, particularly alongside Alexandre Lacazette. This was without taking into account a change of agent, a huge offer from PSG for OL as for the player and a departure at the end of the summer transfer window. The pill has not passed on to the supporters and the final of the Coupe de France once again proved it.
No time for regrets
Considering that Barcola had shown a certain ingratitude towards his training club, like his celebration on one of the Parisian goals at the Parc des Princes in the championship, the Lyonnais are quite upset. Usually proud to see one of their own selected for the French team, even in another jersey, the participation of Barcola at Euro 2024 had no real echo between Rhône and Saône. Present at a conference on Saturday, the Parisian wanted to calm things down a little. “Everything went pretty quickly. I always did the best I could to play at a high level. With Lyon, it was very good, I really thank Lyon, I was trained there and I had my first minutes. In Paris, I managed to get this place. I’m really happy with what’s happening to me. he admitted without regret. The story could have been beautiful, but unfortunately it ended up being broken.
