Lyon completes the signing of an offensive gem!
OL Mercato: Thundering since the opening of the transfer market, Olympique Lyonnais formalized this Thursday a good signing in attack.
OL Mercato: A young striker signs pro in Lyon
The signatures are linked to Olympique Lyonnais, which begins its summer transfer window in an ambitious way. After the contract extensions of Maxence Caqueret and Anthony Lopes, the Rhone club formalized this Thursday a new signing, this time as an attacker. With a view to strengthening his workforce over the long term, Vincent Ponsot and his team have offered a first professional contract to the promising Yannis Laga.
As announced on its official website, OL have completed the signing for 3 seasons of the Algerian striker, who is coming out of a flamboyant 2021/2022 exercise. Captain of the U19 team, winner of the Gambardella Cup at the Stade de France, Yannis Lagha exploded the counters among young people, scoring 19 goals in 23 matches played. A true jewel of the Lyon training center, the 18-year-old striker should gradually integrate into Peter Bosz’s workforce next season, alongside a certain Alexandre Lacazette. The native of Lyon is the second player from the 2004 generation to turn pro with Les Gones. Before him, midfielder Mohamed El Arouch had also initialed a professional contract until June 2025.
OL Mercato: An academy at the center of the Olympique Lyonnais project
After two disappointing years in sporting terms, Lyon now wants to breathe new life into its workforce. Faced with the many transfer window failures of last summer (Boateng, Da Silva, Shaqiri), Jean-Michel Aulas now intends to highlight its players from the training center. Like the extensions of Caqueret and Lopes, but also the signing of Lacazette (and soon that of Tolisso), the club wishes to put these next few years on its academy, recognized worldwide.
A desire also shared by the new investor, John Textor. The American shareholder, presented this Wednesday to the press, announces that it wants to invest in the Olympique Lyonnais training center to build its project. “It is to be expected that I will always be here to progress in the academy. OL represents everything I would like to see in clubs “, announced the businessman. The recent extensions of Mohamed El Arouch and Yannis Lagha are therefore part of this policy implemented by the Rhone management.