By Kevin Carrière
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Olympique Lyonnais, which seeks to quickly recover funds to maintain itself in Ligue 1, has reached an agreement for the sale of Malick Fofana.
Following the demotion of OL in Ligue 2 pronounced by the DNCG, even if the Gones appealed this decision, Malick Fofana quickly appeared or returned to the radars of many teams. 11 courtiers have been counted for the Belgian winger in recent days, including Chelsea and Liverpool.
One of them has just taken action. Indeed, Fabrizio Romano announces that the Rhone club found a Agreement for the sale of his 20 -year -old player with Nottingham Forest. The English club is a stable with which French training maintains close links on the transfer window, which have surely facilitated this agreement.
🚨🇧🇪 EXCL: Nottingham Forest have agreed deal with Olympique Lyon for Malick Fofana… but no agreement yet on player side.
Fofana, waiting for Champions League clubs with Chelsea still keen on the player.
Understand Bayern and Napoli have also called to make initial approach. pic.twitter.com/dp8XtwDP9x
– Fabrizio Romano (@fabrizioromano) July 1, 2025
Bayern Munich and Naples enter the race
On the other hand, this does not mean that this deal is completed. For now, The Belgian international did not say yes to join the Premier League training. The latter comes out of a beautiful exercise with a 7th place, which is qualifying for the dams of the Europa Conference League.
Only, Malick Fofana takes his time before responding to Nottingham and hopes in particular an offer of a qualified club for the Champions Leaguelike Chelsea. This could quickly happen since, according to the same source, two European cadors qualified for the C1, the Bayern Munich et Naplesmade a first approach in this file. Note that OL has drastically lowered its requirements for Fofana and Wait between 45 and 50 M €.
