The Latest Non-News
By: Inara | June 28th, 2007Just something to read with your morning coffee…
* Lyon have finally acknowledged Tiago’s transfer to Juventus, a full week after he was officially presented in Turin. By the way, Lyon have yet to formally confirm Jeremy Clement’s exit from the club last summer. It’s all about denial at the Gerland.
* The media is abuzz with reports that Lyon and Barcelona have agreed to a fee for Eric Abidal, either €14m + €1m in bonuses, or a straight €15m, but unsurprisingly, Lyon deny that any deal has taken place, only that they refused the offer Barca submitted yesterday. Abidal has returned to Lyon for a showdown with Aulas.
* Florent Malouda has publicly stated that he wants to play with BFF Didier Drogba at Chelsea. There will be no swap deal with Lassana Diarra, as Lyon want cash instead. Papers are claiming that Chelsea offered a €17m bid that was turned down but that the final price will probably end up being closer to €20-22m. Wenger is also hoping to lure Malouda to Arsenal.
* Despite barely playing the last two years, former France U21 captain Jeremy Berthod has attracted interest from both PSG and Monaco.
* Now that Abidal’s departure is just a question of “how much,” Lyon are now planning to for his potential replacement, Sylvain Armand of PSG. Jeremy Berthod may be involved in a swap deal.
* Lyon are interested by Sevilla’s Jesus Navas as a potential replacement for Malouda.
* Joao Moutinho has also caught the eyes of Lacombe and can play both as an attacking midfielder and as a winger. However, he has a €20m release clause.
* As always, Lyon have one eye fixed firmly on Brazil. After Eduardo Ratinho and Renato Augusto, the next Brazilian young talent to be linked is Willian Borges Da Silva of Corinthians. Lyon is still waiting for the outcome of the Nilmar verdict and for Juninho to get his French citizenship, which would clear up one of the four non-EU spots in the club.
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Heard about Willian interest, I saw him play in the U-20 south american championships this January and was not all that impress really, he is not the new Kaka as many a reporter will proclaim. Its very depressing right now, we are hemoraging players and not seeing anyone good come our way.
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on garde clements! il est si bien a Paris!!
sylvain peut venir le rejoindre mais il doit reduire son salaire!!! un peu gourmand qd meme!!Posted from
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I’m worried about Lyon’s long term recruitment plans. It seems that other French clubs no longer want to sell to Lyon, and if they do, they overcharge us. Brazil isn’t an easy option like it used to be either. Where are we going to get players from and still be able to maintain our advantage?
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I’m really worried about the next striker. If Perrin wants to play 4-4-2, we need at least one more real striker. And with Makaay who just signed with Feyennord, there are not many decent strikers left available, apart from Elmander and Tevez (who will join Inter). Especially if Milan proposes something to Fred.
I’m really afraid next year’s team will be weaker than the one we had this year.
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I’m really worried about the next striker. If Perrin wants to play 4-4-2, we need at least one more real striker. And with Makaay who just signed with Feyennord, there are not many decent strikers left available, apart from Elmander and Tevez (who will join Inter). Especially if Milan proposes something to Fred.
I’m really afraid next year’s team will be weaker than the one we had this year…
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Come, I’m really glad Clement is at PSG. He’s always been a quality player, and I would have liked that he stay at Lyon longer, but he was never going to be a starter at the club. So I’m happy that he’s still in France, with PLG. As for Nino, well, MadSear suggested a wage solution in an older post. He said:
“- The Yepes solution that also works with Luyidula. Give a player a floor salary of 150000 euros a month and give him thee times the normal bonus depending on his personal performance, the club’s ranking and the competitions they get at the end of the season.
- The Ronaldinho solution that worked for Heinze, Worns, Pochettino and many players before. Get Nike to pay for half the contract.”Salieri: Trezeguet is also no longer an option. Milan might very well turn to Fred, as their first two choices of players – Eto’o and Ronaldinho – don’t look like they’re leaving Camp Nou this summer. And Fred hasn’t exactly been that thrilled with Lyon. He would jump at the chance to go play with his buddy Kaka, even as a sub. I don’t know what striker we can get, as I doubt Toulouse would sell Elmander to a rival club when they will be in the CL themselves. And Aulas don’t pay over the top for him either.
Let’s hope Milan take their interest elsewhere. *crosses fingers*
BTW guys, according to France Football, Lyon are interested in Jerome Rothen….
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If what you are saying is true Inara, then Lyon definitely lost all its ambition here…
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The way i see it, lyon will have to start from the beginning again, by buying up the best young talent and integrating it with the youth system and one or two good buys a year, because we simply have no platform to recruit big name players yet, and this teams cycle is over with, they failed to bring in the big one unfortunately/
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Jesus Navas is very unlikely to leave Sevilla, which is unfortunate. The reason I say this is that he suffers from chronic homesickness (having left international training camps because they were too far from Seville) and anxiety attacks.
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Please, please… Let’s trust in JMA ! We’ll have a good team next year… (*crosses fingers*). the mercato is not ended… though 30th June is coming !
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That’s too bad about Navas. Anyways, I doubt he would have left Sevilla for Lyon anyway. It’s nice to dream though.
Jo, you know how much I adore Aulas. But Aulas is, to put it bluntly, a liar. He says one thing but means another, and you can never take what he says at face value. That’s what makes him a great president, because no one ever knows what he’s up to, but it’s also hard to trust him. He promised us three or four big transfers – of which Keita and Bodmer are two of them, and I doubt there will any more like them.
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I agree with U. But you forgot two things : His knowledge about football, and his love for winning.
He works (lives ?) for this. He certainly know where he want to go, and that’s certainly NOT in Ligue 2 or in 8th final of the CL…
I’m worried about what’s happenened in OL as you are, but WE HAVE TO believe in his strategy. (And don’t say to me he has no strategy ! We’re talking about Aulas !)Posted from
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I dont know if Aulaus has much of a plan, he lost the coach that he was certain he wanted for another year, and he can not longer keep hold of the players big clubs are eyeing. He will have to buy a striker now, and he will also need to buy a left sided midfielder, if not two if he doesnt buy a striker and lets ben arfa play as a striker. the situation looks grim right now and we will need to hope things get better
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