Even sanctioned by the DNCG, Olympique Lyonnais will bring in a player in the transfer window. Thiago Almada is expected this weekend in Lyon. He must sign in the form of a free loan. An accounting tip that not everyone likes.
John Textor had promised to bring Thiago Almada to Lyon, this will be done at the end of the week. The young Argentine midfielder will join Olympique Lyonnais next weekend, in the form of a free loan for the second part of the season. A great gift from Botafogo but ultimately logical since the Brazilian club also belongs to Textor. These financial conditions were essential to OL, banned from recruiting by the DNCG for poor accounting. Thanks to the cleverness of its American owner, the Rhone club will be able to strengthen itself at a lower cost this winter.
Almada’s transfer to OL, one step too far?
This transfer will not please Lyon’s opponents in Ligue 1. However, OL’s strategy complies with the rules of the DNCG. An aberration for David Gluzman, faithful contributor to l’After Foot on RMC. For him, seeing such talent being transferred below its real market value is not normal. He calls for stricter control of transfers between clubs of the same entity as English football already does.
« Absolutely nothing against OL but it is high time, like the PL which started, that UEFA and the affiliated leagues look into the “fair value” (fair price) of intra-transfers. groups by limiting/regulating exchanges », he wrote on the social network X. If this is the case, OL will not be the only club to grimace in France. Indeed, Strasbourg benefits fully from its partnership with Chelsea. The Blues have strengthened their Alsatian partner with notably Andrey Santos (loaned for a year and a half) and Diego Moreira sold for only 2 million euros.
