Expected from Lyon, Luiz Henrique should sign for 33 million euros with Zénith Saint-Petersburg. A sum which must arrive in the coffers of Lyon. But FIFA is challenged.
We learned on Sunday evening from information from Hugo Guillemet, Luiz Henrique, the Brazilian international winger from Botafogo is preparing to sign up with a Russian club, banned from European cups, and his sale will allow him to pay 35 million euros in the coffers of…Olympique Lyonnais. According to the journalist of The Teamthe rights to Luiz Henrique belong to OL and it is therefore the Rhone club which will receive the fruit of this sale, even though the Brazilian player signed with Botafogo in the 2024 winter transfer window. All of this obviously raises concerns. questions regarding the nature of this operation, and not only because the player agrees to go to Saint Petersburg and will therefore disappear from the radar since Russian clubs are banned from world football. Specialist in football economics and consultant for various media, David Gluzman is stunned.
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Speaking to X, Davis Gluzman wonders how Olympique Lyonnais ended up with the rights to Luiz Henrique. And he's not the only one asking this question. “ Question: third party ownership being prohibited, the rights of a player must be fully owned by the club registering the latter (with the possibility of loaning the player, however). How were OL able to hold 100% of the player's rights? (…) I would really be interested in having the answer », asks the specialist, soon joined by Jean-Baptiste Duluc, journalist for Eurosport: “ OL never officially bought Luiz Henrique so never had the rights. » This file therefore raises many questions, even if for the moment Olympique Lyonnais has never communicated officially on this subject, which will inevitably be the case during the transfer of Luiz Henrique if OL are involved.
