Placarded at Olympique Lyonnais, Anthony Lopes is preparing to leave his long-time club. The goalkeeper is expected at FC Nantes.
It's an improbable game of musical chairs which should allow OL to get rid of Anthony Lopes, which is what John Textor wanted, who did everything, without success, to encourage the Lyon-trained goalkeeper to leave in the summer. last. The Team announces that Olympique Lyonnais and FC Nantes are close to agreeing for Lopes to join Waldemar Kita's club via a six-month contract with an option for two additional seasons. Alban Lafont having been relegated to the Nantes sidelines for a few matches, Anthony Lopes would then become the number 1 goalkeeper of the Canaries, since Lafont's understudy, Rémy Descamps, had left for Lyon last summer in order to become number 2 behind Lucas Perri. The name of the Portuguese international goalkeeper had already circulated around Beaujoire last summer, but the deal did not happen.
This time, it's the right one, confirms the sports daily, which specifies that at the same time, Alban Lafont will leave FC Nantes as of this winter transfer window. Placarded for many months, since Pierre Sage had pushed him into the stands at the request of his leaders, Anthony Lopes will therefore discover a new club at the age of 34, he who has been trained and who has done all his career at Olympique Lyonnais. Asked about the behavior of OL leaders towards him, Anthony Lopes did not hide his bitterness last fall: “ I don't understand any of this. I don't think like that so I can't understand. I didn't get any explanations. Since no one criticizes me for anything sportingly and for my involvement throughout the weeks, how can I understand it? If I had not been up to the task at the end of the Championship, given the stakes, I would have left the team well before “. From the start of 2025, he will once again be able to show Ligue 1 that he has not lost his talent during this long break, at least that is what FC Nantes hopes.
