The confidences of Laurent Blanc on the boiling transfer window of OL!

Malo Gusto, Romain Faivre, Rayan Cherki, Tetê, Wilson Isidor, Ellyes Skhiri, not to mention the already confirmed departure of Karl Toko-Ekambi to Rennes, the winter transfer window of Olympique Lyonnais is not easy. A fairly logical situation given the sporting situation of Les Gones, in great difficulty in the game and occupying a sad ninth place in Ligue 1 before crossing swords with Ajaccio, eighteenth and relegated. Present at a press conference, Laurent Blanc also returned, without concession, to this delicate period…

“I would like this to end. I think it will end well. I look forward to the evening of January 31. For a coach it is a complex period.first recognized the former coach of the Blues before continuing. “If I am the cause of this period agitated by my requests? No, I don’t think I’m to blame or responsible for any of this. What saddens me the most in the preparation for a league match is that there is a climate where you can lose a player or recover a player at any time. It’s a period that I don’t like very much. I just want to improve my group, I want it to be more competitive so that we can have good results.

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Driven by the desire to get up in the league but aware of the current difficulties of the Rhone club, the 57-year-old technician then returned, in more detail, to the various hot issues animating the OL transfer window. Asked, first of all, about the possible departures, the Cévennes, passed by Al-Rayyan in Qatar, notably recognized that the arrival of Karl Toko-Ekambi at Stade Rennais was not “expected among the movements of the winter transfer window” and that it was therefore necessary to compensate for this unexpected transfer despite the lack of “experienced scorers available on the market”. Relaunched on the Malo Gusto cases, coveted by Chelsea, and Rayan Cherki, in the sights of Paris Saint-Germain, the French coach was, on the other hand, shown to be more confident, ensuring that he had received guarantees at this level.

“As soon as I lose players that I want to keep, I don’t like it. We want to keep our best players. Afterwards, if they are approached by big teams with proposals that make your head spin, you have to understand it. But you have to be pragmatic and show authority. I had guarantees, my managers told me that the two would finish the season with Lyon. Little worried about the attractiveness of OL, despite the absence of the Champions League, Laurent Blanc has also returned to the possible arrivals before the end of the transfer window. With this in mind, he notably returned to the complex file Wilson Isidor, also desired by FC Lorient, while admitting a certain interest. As well as the Tunisian international Ellyes Skhiri, currently in the colors of FC Cologne.

“Discussions with these two players? That’s privacy. I’m not asking you who you had on the phone. Yes Isidor and Skhiri interest me. We had given directions on the needs. We wanted a defender (Lovren) and a sentry, that has not changed., recognized White in front of the journalists. Lucid, the Lyon coach finally confided in a possible departure from Tetê, coveted by Leeds and especially Leicester. “I can’t talk about Tetê but it can happen”admitted the Frenchman before looking ahead to the rest of the season. “The concern is the balance of the team. After February 1, all the players who will be there will finish the season and train with us. With two competitions, the Cup and the championship, we also have to create room for young people and it’s complicated because we have a workforce even if we will certainly lose a few players. We will not replace them all digitally and I will make room for young people. The last days and last hours of the transfer window promise to be intense and even more so at OL.