The transfer window is finished, but in Lyon, a file remains open, burning. Management admitted its failure, but it did not say its last word.
It is an admission that says a lot, and it comes from the club's summit. “We are missing a new number”. The sentence,
released by the managing director Michael Gerlinger on RMChad the effect of a bomb. She confirms what all the supporters thought in low: the Mercato de l'O OL ended on a false note. The constrained departure of Georges Mikautadze was not offset up to expectations. But this confession is not just a simple observation of failure. It is also a promise.
A joker in the viewer of Lyon?
Because Lyon did not abdicate. Despite the closure of the market,
The club actively explores two tracks to strengthen its attack : sign a free player or activate the famous “Joker” card by going to draw from another Ligue 1 club. Management works on several options, aware that the current workforce, with the only Martín Satriano as a specialist in the position, is too light to keep the pace of a season with the Europa League.
But no question of rushing. The club does not want “Destroy the current extraordinary state of mind”, As Gerlinger said. Paulo Fonseca even refused a player in the last hours of the transfer window because he was not “Not convinced”. The future recruit should be a real plus, a player capable of quickly integrating into a collective who has already found his marks.
After the Mercato failure, OL is looking for its joker in attack
The shadow of Mikautadze always hovers
This quest for a goalscorer is the direct consequence of a summer heartbreaker. OL never wanted to sell Mikautadze, but the financial constraints were right for the sports logic.
The club had to choose between him and Malick Fofanaand it was the Georgian who was sacrificed. A departure that left a
“Immense empty”, in the names of management.
OL is therefore faced with a dilemma. Should you break your piggy bank for a joker, at the risk of unbalanced fragile finances? Or trust young people and wait January? Management seems to be looking for the first option, provided you find the rare pearl. The supporters hold their breath. They know that the future of their season could be played in the coming days.
