John Textor has just experienced his first failure for Olympique Lyonnais during this summer transfer window. While the American president seems ready to spend without counting this summer to strengthen his squad with the arrival of the Europa League, the strong man of the Gones has multiplied the leads in recent days. With Moïse Bombito of Colorado in defense, Thiago Almada of Atlanta to replace Rayan Cherki, Tomás Händel of Vitoria Guimaraes to replace Nemanja Matić and even the official arrival of Moussa Niakhaté for 30 million euros, OL is not asking twice to move forward on its files. However, if the club seems much better placed than in recent years, it has also just been stopped by one of their priorities.
Yakubah Minteh signs for Brighton
Indeed, Yakubah Minteh, who seemed to be Textor’s number 1 target to strengthen his offensive sector, has just officially committed to Brighton. This Gambian right winger, just 19 years old, played for Feyenoord and was coming off a remarkable season in the Netherlands with eleven goals and six assists in 37 games. Loaned by Newcastle, the player valued at 16 million euros was the subject of an offer of nearly 47 million euros by OL who wanted the striker at all costs. But faced with the player’s refusal, Newcastle finally sold their prodigy for only 39 million euros to their English competitor the Seagulls since the player absolutely wanted to play in the Premier League next season.
Supporter of En Avant de Guingamp, the best of the Breton clubs, I prefer to meet Yannis Salibur, Cristophe Kerbrat or Jeremy Sorbon rather than Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi or Sergio Ramos.
