UEFA Champions League qualification to energise Olympique Lyonnais in the transfer window
Ligue 1 giants http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-Lyonnais-c40130 might re-launch their transfer window activity after qualifying for the 2011/12 UEFA Champions League. Owing to their financial woes, the club were unable to spend as lavishly as they have been doing in the past.
This summer, Lyon were able to recruit just one player, defender Bakary Kone for 2 million Euros from Ligue 2 side Guingamp.
After defeating Russian Premier League side http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Rubin-Kazan-c39193 4-2 on aggregate in the Champions League qualifiers, Les Gones have successfully qualified for the 2011/2012 UEFA Champions League and are expected to end the transfer window with
a little more enthusiasm.
Having secured their place in the UEFA Champions League by beating Rubin Kazan, Lyon are set to receive a juicy 20 million Euros. The seven-time champions can at last finalize their long kept tab on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/AJ-Auxerre-c38247’s Delvin N’Dinga.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gerard-c14664 Bourgoin, AJ Auxerre President, had closed all doors on N’Dinga’s departure following Les Gones failure to meet his demands. Olympique Lyonnais will be hoping to re-open the negotiations with the Burgundy club as Remi Garde, coach at Stade de Gerland,
has shown great interest in the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Congo-c2875 international defensive midfielder.
The French tactician said that this qualification was indeed important economically for the club. He also added that he expects to recruit young talent from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 under-21 side, who are currently playing in the UEFA U21 Champions League.
Regarding the teams’ performance, Garde was quoted saying, “We showed quality in the first league games and in this double confrontation. But since we do not have much luck with injuries, we see that the workforce is just, fair. While enjoying this qualification,
we'll see what we can do.”
Garde will be hoping to strengthen his team with an extra defender. However, chances of landing a deal for the Congolese national with AJA seem farfetched. Lyon will have to explore other options in the transfer window and with their newly found wealth they
can finally show some energy in the transfer window before the end of the transfer window August 31, 2011.
Tags: