Media365 editorial team, published on Thursday December 19, 2024 at 5:46 p.m.
In a very complicated financial situation, will OL sell Rayan Cherki in the coming days? Another question: to whom?
Rayan Cherki may talk about his love for “football before“, of his desire to “give pleasure“, the phenomenon which occurred this season and put it in the spotlight is elsewhere. It is of course its new effectiveness or, to put it in words even further removed from the romanticism called his wishes, of a profitability specific to modern football Not yet a player capable of playing all the matches (he has seven starts in fifteen days of Ligue 1 this season), Cherki has nonetheless become a reliable player. Approaching the goal, certainly, in the regularity, too, and in the relevance of his dribbling and his choices on exit, above all.
It was enough to move the French championship, the France Espoirs team (with whom he had spent the Olympics on the bench) but also several eminent European clubs. In any case, this is what the site footmercato.net said this Thursday, according to which PSG, Liverpool but also Bayer Leverkusen would closely follow Cherki’s spectacular progress. The first two named would even be ready to formulate a proposal this winter.
Not less than 30 million euros?
Given the rise in power of the footballer, his age and his potential, but also Lyon’s ambitions, imagining the Rhone club parting ways with such a decisive player in the middle of the season is surprising. This would be to forget the very complicated financial situation of OL, still banned from recruiting this winter and obliged to sell, according to the media, which also affirms that Rayan Cherki will not leave for less than 30 million euros.
As always in these cases, the question of the player’s will naturally arises. By joining the Parisian team or the Liverpool team (both had made success in the Champions League a legitimate desire at the start of the season), Rayan Cherki would certainly reach a milestone. He would also have to deal with much fiercer competition on the offensive level while a jump to the Premier League would require an additional effort of adaptation. Last week, the main person concerned had in any case maintained the vagueness about his future, in the wake of the success in C3 against Frankfurt (3-2). “We’ll see if at the end of the season I’m still here“, he simply said regarding a possible departure in the coming days. We will actually know it no later than February 4, the closing date of the winter transfer window.
