Moussa Niakhaté during Nottingham Forest – Manchester City. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)
Announced in OL’s sights to strengthen the defense, Moussa Niakhaté would in reality be only a few cables away from the Lyon club. A medical visit would be planned for Friday.
This is much more than just interest. It looks like a track that was worked on in secret and that came to the fore at the time of the final decision. Over the past year, the recruitment unit has learned to work in this way and the Moussa file Niakhate should most certainly be added to this list of players recruited in the greatest silence. This Thursday, The Telegraph taught us that OL and Nottingham Forest were likely to do business together again after Orel Mangala. The discussions seem to have started some time ago, since the central defender is closer than ever to the Lyon club. According to The ParisianFriday should allow a medical visit to check that everything is physically ok on the former Messin’s side.
A transfer for 15 or 30 million euros?
Looking for liquidity to meet the requirements of Financial Fair Play, Nottingham needed to trim his squad. Relegated to the bench by Nuno Expert At the end of last season, Moussa Niakhaté only had one year left on his contract and therefore represented a certain market value for this summer. If the two clubs are still discussing, the figures vary from simple to double. When Le Parisien talks about 15 million euros, L’Equipe talks more about 31 million for an element that would have been free at the end of next season… And it’s not the same thing.
