OL: €6m, that’s the big Mercato news before Lyon
OL – West Ham is on the program for these quarter-final second legs of the Europa League, this Thursday evening against Lyon at Groupama Stadium (kick-off at 9 p.m., live on RMC Sports). A very important match for the men of Peter Bosz, who could perhaps be deprived of Anthony Lopes or even Houssem Aouar and Tanguy Ndombele.
But shortly before this meeting between Olympique Lyonnais and West Ham, our colleagues from the newspaper The Team revealed that Jean-Michel Aulas and the OL board had made the decision to let Jason Denayer slip away, on a free transfer during the next summer Mercato, but also that Jérôme Boateng would also have been priced to find a new base.
Unsurprisingly, two defenders considered at least will therefore be expected from Lyon at the Mercato this summer. And according to some indiscretions, OL would not have abandoned the track leading to Aïssa Mandi (30), lacking playing time at Villarreal, whom he had joined last summer from Betis Sevilla.
If the profile of the central defender of the national team of Algeria remains very appreciated by Olympique Lyonnais, the latter would occur at around 6M€ on the specialized site Transfer market. Wout Faes (Stade de Reims) and Issa Diop (West Ham) would also appear in the small papers of the Rhone club interpreted by Jean-Michel Aulas. Case to follow for the Gones…