It’s over for this last evening of transfer window
Two departures, those of Mikautadze and Akouokou, an arrival, that of Satriano, the final stretch of the Lyon transfer window was calmer than to say. Thank you for following us.
9:15 p.m.: Akouokou, a ‘sec’ ‘loan in Saragosse
The Ivorian midfielder Paul Akoukou was pre -a season for Real Zaragoza, in Liga 2.. No scorching options with this’ sec ” loan. OL has made a reduction operation of the payroll with a player on which he does not count.
8:15 p.m.: Latest negotiations for Akouokou?
The transfer window in Spain ends at 11:59 pm, and OL would still be in discussion with the Zaragoza club (Liga 2), for a departure from the defensive midfielder Paul Akouokou, via a loan with option to buy.
8:00 p.m.: OL has not announced other arrivals
At 8 p.m., the summer transfer window closed in the direction of arrivals in France, but also in England, Italy and Germany. OL has only formalized the departure of Georges Mikautadze in Villarreal, and the arrival via a loan with option to buy from Martin Satriano, from Lens. For the other offensive reinforcements expected, OL seems to be preferred not to embark on an emergency. There are still possibilities with free players, but also that of engaging a joker, as he did with Jordan Veretout last year.
7:45 p.m.: We enter the last quarter of an hour of the transfer window
The Lyon supporters remain on the alert, but the transfer window closes at 8 p.m., and we enter the last quarter of an hour. The latest rumors reported an interest in OL for the Nigerian striker Keleshi Ihenacho (Seville), loaned in Championship to Middlesborough last season, or the Crystal Palace winger, Jesururn Ray-Sakyi.
7:00 p.m.: Will Molebe be loaned to Seville?
While OL has still not communicated on the arrival of a second striker, an hour from the official closing of the transfer window, negotiations would still be in progress with the Sevilla FC, for the loan of the young Enzo Molebe (17 years old), with option to buy at Sevilla FC, after a first rejected offer, for a € 7 million purchase option.
6.30 p.m.: Satriano is a new OL player
It was in the pipes in recent hours, it’s now official. The Uruguayan striker of the RC Lens, passed by the Nacional Montevideo, the Inter, Empoli and Brest, will play OL this season. Present at the Groupama Stadium Sunday on the occasion of Olympico, the striker, aged 24, is the subject of a paid loan of € 1M, including a purchase option of € 5M, to which can be added € 1 million in bonuses as well as a 10 % profit on a possible future capital gain.
6:00 p.m.: Mikautadze is committed to Villarreal, OL will receive € 31 million more € 5 million in bonuses
It’s been official since 6 p.m., Georges Mikautadze is officially a Villarreal player. The two clubs have just confirmed the transfer, for an amount of € 36 million, including € 5M of bonuses, to which can be added a 10 % profit-sharing on a possible future capital gain.
A little over twenty years ago, another ex-an OL-center, Sonny Anderson, had played for Villarreal, nicknamed the yellow submarine, for a little more than a season. He had played 64 games, scored 24 goals and succeeded 5 assists.
5:50 p.m.: An offer for the Spanish striker Rafa Mujica?
OL continues to work on several tracks, with a view to recruiting, in addition to Martin Satriano (Lens), another striker likely to replace Georges Mikautadze, who has become a Villarreal player. This reinforcement could be, according to Foot Mercato, the Spaniard Rafa Mujica. The 26-year-old striker, a native of Las Palmas, who scored 21 goals last season with the Al-Saad club (Qatar), has already moved a lot in his career. He notably evolved in the youth teams at FC Barcelona and Leeds United and had a great season in Portugal, with Aruca, scoring 20 goals in 30 championship matches.
4:50 p.m.: The transfer window continues later elsewhere in Europe and in the world
If the summer transfer window ends this Monday at 8 p.m. Monday, in France, but also in England, Italy or Germany, this is not the case in a few other countries. In Spain, the closure is at midnight this Monday, while in other countries, we will close one or a few days later, as in the Netherlands (September 2), Brazil (September 3), in Belgium (September 8), in Saudi Arabia (September 11), or in Turkey (September 12). French clubs will therefore be able to continue selling players for these countries, but will no longer be able to acquire this evening.
4:15 p.m.: Buonanotte escapes OL and signs from Chelsea
Hoped for a loan to OL in recent days, the Argentinian attacking midfielder from Brighton, Facundo Buonanotte (20), who was in advanced discussions with another Premier League club, Chelsea, was finally loaned to the Blues, after having successfully passed.
12:30 p.m.: An offer for a Kosovar striker from Sparta Prague?
After obtaining the loan from Martin Satriano, will OL acquire a new element in the Czech championship, after Pavel Sulc? According to Foot Mercato, the Lyon leaders have made an offer of € 6M to Sparta Prague to acquire his scorer, Albion Rrahmani, author of 8 goals in 15 games this season, including 5 in seven days of the championship.
International Kosovar aged 25, the latter is 1.88 m and would be estimated at € 8M by his club.
11:20 am: Granada in dance for Paul Akouokou
After Real Saragosse, another Spanish D2 club is interested in Paul Akouokou, on whom OL no longer counts, especially with this annual salary at € 1.5 million. It would be Granada, which would currently negotiate with OL about the Ivorian environment, According to the ideal Spanish media.
Several other Lyonnais from the training could leave this Monday, including the 4th goalkeeper Mathieu Patouillet or the Moroccan defender Achraf Laaziri.
11 am: a young Crystal Palace winger in the viewfinder
According to Sky Sports, OL appears among a list of several clubs interested in a young winger 22 years of Crystal Palace, Jesurun Rak-Sakyi. The other contenders would be the two Glasgow clubs, the Rangers and the Celtic, as well as Leicester.
Technical and percussion profile, the Englishman trained in Chelsea comes from a season on a championship loan, at Sheffield United, with whom he played 35 games, for 7 goals scored and 2 assists, his training reaching the accession playoff.
10:30 am: The announcements of Matthieu Louis -Jean after OL – OM
At the end of OL’s great success against Marseille (1-0), Sunday evening, the head of the Lyonnais sports sector, Matthieu Louis-Jean, spoke of the last hours of the summer transfer window, closed this Monday at 8 p.m. Monday.
He thus confirmed “the very beautiful offer”, of around 35M € with bonus, from Villarreal for the acquisition of Georges Mikautadze, celebrated several times by the supporters this Sunday, during and after the Décines match.
Matthieu Louis-Jean also said: “We are finalizing arrivals. We hope to have two offensive reinforcements, including a center-forward ”. Another profile than that of Martin Satriano (see below). And there could be loans in the case, as admitted by the Lyonnais technical director.
10:20 am: Martin Satriano (Lens) will be loaned with compulsory purchase option
The case has not been announced, but no longer doubts, since the 24 -year -old Urguayan striker was seen in the spans of Groupama Stadium during OL – OM: revealed at a high level in Brest in 2021-2022, with whom he billed two seasons with four goals, and now belonging to Lens, Martin Satriano will be loaned to OL.
According to several media, the case should complete around a paying loan of one million euros, with compulsory purchase option at € 5M for the player measuring 1.87 m, who spent his medical tests on Sunday and will constitute one of the probable first official announcements of the day
