The Olympique Lyonnais star is keen to leave Stade de Gerland following the club President’s statements about him and it seems that the winger will be playing in the Middle-East next season
Just a few weeks back, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-Lyonnais-c40130 president, Jean-Michel Aulas said a few things regarding the attitude of some players in the 2011/2012 campaign. Despite his great form, Michel Bastos was not safe from the Lyon supremo’s rants.
Today, those statements still hurt the Brazilian who claims to have a lot of respect for the club but revealed that he would prefer to leave the club under such circumstances.
“I’m sad to hear such comments about me. I never had any problems in all the teams where I went. I deeply respect my club and I’m sad about it. If I pose problems, I prefer to leave to cause no more worries,” said a hurt Bastos.
Clearly, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michel-Bastos-c25461 won’t be playing for Les Gones next season even if he wants to. Having the respect of everyone involved in the club is something the Brazilian cherished and after seeing Aulas turn against him rather harshly, Bastos feels that it’s
time to bid adieu to a club where he made a big name of himself.
Le Parisien claims that the former Lille star could be on the verge of joining UAE giants Al Ain where former Stade Rennais striker http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Asamoah-Gyan-c6791 plays. Reports claim that the deal is almost done and Bastos would have agreed to a four-year contract with the
Middle Eastern side.
Reports further claim that Lyon will get just 7 million euros for their star player though the amount may rise to 9 million euros in the future.
Disappointed to see none of the listed players leave, Jean-Michel Aulas has an opportunity to part with a player who was tipped for a fourth campaign with the Rhone giants.
However, the destination is very surprising considering the fact that Bastos was indeed attracting a lot of clubs from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926.
For their part, Lyon will be saving 4.2 million euros per year but will not be able to make any profit from the sale as the player cost no less than 18 million euros in the summer of 2009.
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