It’s no secret that OL must carry out a vast winter downsizing in the words of Pierre Sage who considers its squad too large. To also meet the requirements of the DNCG, the Rhone club must reduce its payroll. And this has already started with the official departure of Anthony Lopes for FC Nantes and the almost recorded departure of Gift Orban to Hoffenheim. Two big salaries less which will please John Textor, but which will not be enough to make the National Directorate of Management Control happy.
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Fortunately for Lyon, other players are leaving, starting with Maxence Caqueret. The pure product of the Lyon team, an indisputable starter for a time, he became a substitute (14 matches played in all competitions, 8 starts). The fault lies in performances which did not really convince Pierre Sage, who notably dismissed him after the defeat against Besiktas in the Europa League (0-1) at the end of October. The player, who never wanted to give up, hung on, but was betrayed by his physique during the Coupe de France match against Feignies-Aulnoye where he had to give up his place at half-time.
Crystal Palace ready to offer long-term contract to Caqueret
This Thursday morning, the 900 spectators present during the training open to the public could only note his absence from collective training. In an individualized session with a club trainer, Maxence Caqueret is not preserved in relation to a possible departure in the coming days, but rather because of his health as mentioned by Pierre Sage at a press conference this Thursday. He announced that the former international hopeful tricolor “will resume with the group at the beginning of next week”. However, a question arises, will we see Maxence Caqueret again in the OL jersey? It will not already be for the match against Montpellier on Saturday and perhaps not against Brest the following weekend.
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By then, the main interested party will surely be caught up with his transfer window news. According to our information, Crystal Palace is very keen on the idea of recruiting the native of Vénissieux under contract with OL until June 2025. According to an English source, the club… John Textor is also considering offering Gône a 5-year contract and would be ready to put a little less than €20 million on the table. This would remove a real thorn in Lyon’s side. But be careful, the matter is far from being closed, especially as other Premier League teams are involved… To be continued.
Pub. the 02/01/2025 18:06
– UPDATE 02/01/2025 20:24
