Another Scandal…

By: Inara | July 3rd, 2007

At least this time Sylvain Wiltord isn’t involved.

I think.

You know how I keep on bringing up the Nilmar mess with Corinthians?

Well, Bruno at The Brazil Offside has just posted on how “Nilmar and MSI Misled Lyon.” Instead of rehashing what he said, I’ll just direct you to his site where you can get details. But basically, MSI (led by Kia Joorabchian – the same guy who orchestrated the transfers of Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano to West Ham) came up with a plan in which they would cheat Lyon out of Nilmar’s transfer fee.

But that’s not as bad as finding out that Nilmar not only knew about this but, according to reputed Brazilian journalist Juca Kfouri, received money in exchange for helping MSI carry out the false transfer.

If true, I’m really really disappointed because Nilmar has always been a player I liked.

And to think, his nickname used to be “Lyon’s Brazilian Angel.”

Some background info: Lyon purchased Nilmar from Internacional in 2004. But after a year of lukewarm performances, he was loaned back to Corinthians the following season in order to free up a non-EU spot for Fred. Corinthians eventually agreed to buy Nilmar for the €10m fee but only paid €2m of it.

Aulas demanded the remaining €8m, but according to Corinthians, Lyon terminated Nilmar’s contract before realizing they didn’t get all the money and that the botched transfer was Aulas’s fault. Aulas took Corinthians to FIFA for justice, and FIFA ruled in Lyon’s favor, ordering Corinthians to pay up. Corinthians appealed, this time taking the matter to the highest possible authority, the Court of Arbitration for Sport, this time claiming that MSI should be punished because they were the ones responsible for the transfer.

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Corey

Saviola would not fit into the system and the players we have at the club wont compliment unless the system is changed completely. He is not great at getting on the end of crosses, and having played in France before and had his most unproductive year, i doubt he will want to return. The problem with all of this is, besides all of the young talent i scout daily, i can never really find anyone suitable for the striking or LB role for Lyon. Im having a tough time coming up with canidates, so while im shooting down all of these players i cant think of one myself. oh well, keep them coming.
Salieri

By the way, I'm still wondering why Lyon is not trying to hire Saviola. I know he's non-EU, but he is still free, and is planning to go to Galatasaray, who is OBVIOUSLY a less interesting team than Lyon.
Corey

Ha the U-20 WC is on foxsports in espanol, and since time warner is so great and gives me a dvr recorder i can record the 3am matches they broadcast and watch them at my leisure. otherwise im pretty much stuck, i only get to watch ol in the cl on espn2, i havent seen a french league game in awhile except for extended highlights on the internet and the odd full length game i bit torrented. i dont get setanta cause they only service commercial customers in my area which is lame.

I mirror your sentiments about Kallstrom and i dont think he will be leaving at all, dont worry. saw him in training and he looked happy. Renato Augusto has said he doesnt mind staying in brazil and learning more, which means he has his head on straight, and thats fine because we could buy him and leave him at flamengo the whole year. i simply want to get my hands on him before he becomes the next kaka and his price goes through the roof. the days of OL finding cheap stars is over since we are becoming well known for doing that.

As for our formation, right from olweb.fr Perrin has stated he will start with a 4-3-3 and move to a 4-3-2-1, which is pretty much how it has been under the past three managers, and its the style i like. anyways, he may look to use 4-4-2 in certain situations ,but he admits the "lyon" formation of 4-3-2-1 is too good to pass up.
Corey

Renato Augusto would be signed as a replacement for juninho, and this may be his last year that he can perform at a high level, he will begin his decline (i believe he already has alot...) Kallstrom is the obvious replacement here, but Augusto would be one of the future, and may go out on loan for the year if I ran the club, but then again we also would never have signed Suckio Santos and Milan Blows Baros.
Salieri

The midfield may be very crowded if Renato Augusto is hired, with Kallstrom, Juninho, Toulalan, Diarra, Fabio Santos, Bodmer (6 for three spots), I think a 7th one is not needed, especially if we come to a 4-4-2!
Btw Malouda seems very close to Chelsea. I do hope he won't be sold for these 18m€!

Anyways we do need this Nilmar transfer money :D
Corey

Bernard lacombe has said he likes Anelka, i dont know what to think of that. Also, i just watched brazil beat south korea at the u-20 world cup, i like renato augusto alot, i think he could do well as juninhos replacement. i also liked luziao, 20 CB at Cruzerio.
Julien

Interesting dispute.