July 29th, 2009

Another Striker is Nice, But…

By: Inara |

Lyon are continuing their spending spree by shelling out €13m for St. Etienne’s Bafetimbi Gomis (plus another €2m in incentives). His cool name and awesome hair will be further augmenting Lyon’s ever expanding strikeforce. I’ll have a post featuring relevant information and stats about him once he has his press conference, but for now, let’s [...]

Category: Claude Puel, Player News and Rumors, Transfers

Tags: Bafetimbi Gomis, Claude Puel, Lyon, Player News and Rumors, St. Etienne, Team News and Rumors, Transfers

July 27th, 2009

Peace Cup: Lyon vs. Porto

By: Inara |

105 Comments

I felt terrible that I wasn’t able to put up a real match preview last night, but now that I think about it, it wouldn’t be much different from the Lyon vs. Beşiktaş preview. No significant news coming out of the OL camp except that Lisandro Lopez and Cesar Delgado will remain on the sidelines [...]

Category: Friendlies, Team News and Rumors

Tags: Friendlies, Lyon, Porto, Team News and Rumors

July 25th, 2009

Peace Cup: Lyon vs. Beşiktaş (Plus Pictures!)

By: Inara |

82 Comments

I’m going to keep this short because there really isn’t much to report. For some odd reason, OL have become shoddier and shoddier in updating their website with relevant information. Geez, they can afford to pay millions over the top for a dental patient, but they can’t hire a college intern to update their website? [...]

Category: Friendlies, Player News and Rumors, Team News and Rumors

Tags: Besiktas, Friendlies, Lyon, Player News and Rumors, Team News and Rumors

July 23rd, 2009

Peace Cup Overview

By: Inara |

19 Comments

Day after tomorrow, the players kick off their fourth Peace Cup campaign (for some odd reason, the event organizers really like Lyon). For those of you unfamiliar with the tournament, it takes place every two years and is one of the six pre-season friendly tournaments going on this summer. The last three Peace Cups took [...]

Category: Friendlies

Tags: Al-Ittihad, Aly Cissokho, Aston Villa, Atlante, Besiktas, Friendlies, Juventus, Karim Benzema, LDU Quito, Lisandro Lopez, Malaga, Peace Cup, Porto, Real Madrid, Seongnam, Sevilla

July 20th, 2009

Cissokho’s Redcarpet Homecoming

By: John |

84 Comments

Aly’s Break-out Performances this Year in the CL this Past Season Put Him On the Radar of Some the Biggest Clubs in Europe.

Category: Transfers

Tags: AC Milan, Aly Cissokho, Emmanuel Ohrant, Fabio Grosso, FC Gueugnon, FC Porto, Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, Man U, Nadir Belhadj, Os Dragoes, Real Madrid, Ronaldo, Transfers

July 18th, 2009

FRIENDLY: RC LENS VS. LYON

By: John |

77 Comments

July 18, 2009
Stade De L’Escale d’Arnas, Arnas
1:00 PM EST(19:00CET, 18:00GMT)

Category: Friendlies, Team News and Rumors

Tags: Friendlies, Team News and Rumors

July 17th, 2009

Transfer Round-Up

By: John |

20 Comments

Category: Player News and Rumors

July 17th, 2009

A Delectable Luxury Import from the Land of LOSC

By: John |

19 Comments

Lyon Can Finally Fly Straight Again: OL’s New Winger Swoops into Town, Hopefully to Take Us to New Heights.

Category: Team News and Rumors

July 16th, 2009

New Kits!

By: Inara |

41 Comments

Once again, Lyon have an entirely new set of kits this season. While the official presentation of the new kits won’t be until the end of July, Umbro has released a really nice teaser that gives us a good idea of what they look like. (scroll down to the bottom for more pictures)

(click to enlarge)

Category: Team News and Rumors

Tags: Kits, Sponsorship, Team News and Rumors, Umbro

July 15th, 2009