Thiago Almada will certainly be an Olympique Lyonnais player from January 1, 2025. John Textor has obtained the signature of the Atlanta player, who will join Botafogo before coming to OL.
Very renowned Argentine journalist, César Luis Merlo revealed this Wednesday, Thiago Almada will quickly join the Brazilian club Botafogo, which belongs to Eagle Football and therefore to John Textor. Indeed, the American businessman reached an agreement with the leaders of Atlanta for a transfer of the 23-year-old attacking midfielder who still had two years of contract with the Major League Soccer club. For this, Textor will pay 20 million dollars (18.7 million euros), and Thiago Almada will commit to Botafogo until 2029.
Our colleague specifies that the Argentinian international, trained at Velez Sarsfield, should play with the Brazilian club on the planet Textor until December, then he should join Olympique Lyonnais next year. An operation obviously facilitated by multi-ownership, OL and Botafogo belonging to the current owner of Olympique Lyonnais. The Rhone club should therefore have one more world champion in 2025, unless Nicolas Tagliafico leaves Lyon before then. 24 hours ago, John Textor denied an agreement already reached with Atlanta, while specifying that he was preparing to send an offer. A priori, things suddenly and quickly accelerated, and in the good direction for Botafogo and then Lyon.
