The OL transfer window, placed under the sign of austerity, continues to surprise. The club has just formalized a new reinforcement, the fifth of the summer.
Olympique Lyonnais is advancing its pawns. In a summer transfer window marked by the budgetary rigor imposed by the DNCG, the Rhodanian management continues its reconstruction with a clear strategy: clever bets and profiles with high potential. After having already attracted the Portuguese Afonso Moreira, the Dutchman Ruben Kluivert, the Czech Pavel Šulc and the American goalkeeper Matt Turner, the club formalized his fifth recruit on Tuesday. A new face from abroad.
The pretty coup de Lyon, which offers itself a hope of Liverpool
The newcomer is the Tyler Morton midfielder. The 22 -year -old international hopes arrived from Liverpool, where he no longer entered Arne Slot's plans. Lyon completed the operation for an amount of 10 million euros, plus 5 million bonuses. The player signed up for five seasons, until 2030. A significant investment for a club which,
At the same time of its sports director Matthieu Louis-Jean, ended “overpriced transfers”.
This is all the subtlety of this signature. If the name of Tyler Morton is not the most snoring in the transfer window, it is still a very good operation. Going to find a young talent, U21 European champion, directly in one of the biggest clubs in the world is a strong signal. This proves that, despite its constraints, OL remains attractive and that the network of its new sports management works at full speed.
A creativity strategy
This recruitment confirms the new OL doctrine: being creative, taking risks and betting on players who are hungry. No more era of white checks, make way for the right opportunity. Morton, in search of playing time to launch his career, corresponds perfectly to this profile. He arrives to take a place in the midfield and bring his culture of the very high level, learned on a daily basis in Liverpool.
With this fifth recruit, the face of the “new OL” by Paulo Fonseca takes shape. A more international, younger, and undoubtedly more collective workforce.
The departure of executives like Lacazette or Cherki left a vacuumthat the club tries to fill with another philosophy. The bet is daring. But by going to look for players like Morton, Lyon shows that he did not give up his ambition.
