There is business and sports to manage at OL during this transfer window. And Pierre Sage intends to have his say on a few issues.
It was clearly not a win given the DNCG announcements at the heart of the first part of the season, but Olympique Lyonnais is having a rather quiet transfer window for the moment. No unforeseen bloodletting, nor players who want to leave the ship for fear of seeing the Rhone club actually being sent to Ligue 2 next season, which is nevertheless a real threat from the French body. Football has regained its rights and after a complicated victory against Montpellier, OL will test themselves against Brest with the desire to do much better. In addition, Thiago Almada should sign in the coming hours, in a sleight of hand signed Eagle and John Textor, and which the French authorities should not be able to oppose.
It is therefore rather positive for Pierre Sage, who excluded three players this week in order to show them the way out. However, there will probably be some unwanted departures during the month of January, and the Lyon coach is well aware of this. However, it is not carte blanche to liquidate the squad either, and Pierre Sage has decided to react to the rumor sending Nemanja Matic back to Italy. For the OL coach, it’s clearly no. “ He is a very important player, we will do everything to ensure that he stays, the club’s desire is for him to stay, and he too is, I think, in the same state of mind. », Delivered Pierre Sage, who knows well that it is not the amount of the transfer that will make John Textor salivate. But rather the very cumbersome salary of the Serb, solid on the field but also one of the biggest salaries of the club even though he does not represent the future. And if the former Manchester United player were to leave Lyon, without even mentioning the amount of his transfer, it would be 10 million euros saved in terms of salary.
