Former Olympique Lyonnais player, Bafétimbi Gomis supports his former president, Jean-Michel Aulas.
Brand support for candidate Jean-Michel Aulas. Like Karim Benzema before him, Bafétimbi Gomis gives his blessing to the former OL president’s candidacy for Lyon town hall. “I had the chance to play and work under President Aulas for five years. His love and devotion to Lyon are well established. I think he will make a great mayor and will restore pride, security and many other things to this city which so badly needs it.”launches the 40-year-old former French international striker (12 caps, 3 goals) in a video relayed by Jean-Michel Aulas on his social networks.
Now retired, Bafé Gomis wore the colors of Olympique Lyonnais from 2009 to 2014 (244 matches, 95 goals), after playing… in Saint-Etienne and before playing in Marseille or Galatasaray. He hung up after a final stint in Japan, during the 2023-24 season. A few days earlier, another former Lyon player, Karim Benzema, had given his support to “JMA”. “My heart goes out to him, I think he has the capacity and the ambition to move the city», indicated the 2022 Ballon d’or, on LCIhe who recently put on the Al-Hilal club jersey.
