OM is not really showing off in this transfer window, while the sporting results are not up to par. OL are even more assertive on common issues, which has the gift of frustrating Pablo Longoria.
Seeing OM and OL find themselves on similar targets is now a great transfer window classic. This is the case with Ismail Yuksek, who is becoming Olympique Lyonnais’ plan A due to the always very complicated discussions with Rennes to sign Nemanja Matic. Even if the Rhone recruitment unit loved the Serbian player, the situation is still completely blocked, and the Breton club believes it is in a position of strength, less than 10 days from the end of the transfer window. The discourse will certainly change in a few days, but for the moment, OL need a midfielder and cannot afford to waste too much time.
This is why the trail leading to Ismail Yuksek is gaining momentum. Recently, Le Progrès brought two major pieces of information, namely an offer from OL and an interest from OM in the Turkish player. Two points confirmed by the local newspaper Fotomac, which specifies that Fenerbahçe also decided to wait a little before responding. The goal is simply to see if Marseille or Stuttgart, also interested, had the means to outbid the offer of 12 million euros made by John Textor. According to the first indiscretions coming from Turkey, this is not at all the case, and OL are still alone in the situation. A strong interest which attracted the midfielder, now wanting to join Lyon.
Longoria asked McCourt for an extension
Everything therefore seems to be falling into place, at a time when OM have certainly been held back by the player’s price, and have not followed through on their primary interest. Pablo Longoria is being discreet for the moment in this start of the final stretch of the transfer window, even if the Spanish president also knows how to complete files without making noise if necessary. And if he can afford it. Which does not seem to be the case currently, despite his recent visit to the United States, to show, with the sale of Renan Lodi, that he knew how to bring money into the coffers. A way of asking Frank McCourt to loosen the purse strings, which has clearly not been done at the moment.
2024-01-22 20:30:35
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