Olympique Lyonnais formalized the sale of Malo Gusto this Sunday. The French defender, who will end the 2022-2023 season with the Rhone club, will join Chelsea next summer against a check for 30 million euros.
The degreasing of Olympique Lyonnais is accelerating rapidly in this last straight line of the winter transfer window. As expected, the Rhône club sold Malo Gusto to the English team Chelsea. Initially brought to finish the 2022-2023 financial year within the workforce of Laurent Blanc, on loan, the young French defender will join the club of the London capital in the coming months for the sum of 30 million euros. , plus 5 million euros in bonuses.
✍️ Our right side Malo Gusto is transferred to Chelsea, but stays with us on loan until June 30, 2023 🔴🔵
📄 Read the press release ⤵️
— Olympique Lyonnais (@OL) January 29, 2023
Between Benzema and Diarra
This deal concluded with the Blues allows Les Gones to achieve one of the best sales in history. According to the classification established by the specialized site Transfer market, Malo Gusto joins the Top 10 best-selling players by Olympique Lyonnais. The right side occupies precisely the ninth place of the elements for which the Rhone management has recovered the most money.
The one who will continue to defend the colors of his training club is surrounded by Karim Benzema (35 million euros) and Mahamadou Diarra (26 million euros). This ranking of best-selling players is dominated by Tanguy Ndombélé, sold to Tottenham for 60 million euros in the summer of 2019, the tricolor midfielder ahead of Alexandre Lacazette, released from Arsenal in July 2017 for 53 million euros and returned l summer at the club. The podium is completed by Ferland Mendy, bought by Real Madrid for 48 million euros during the 2019 summer transfer window.
The ten best sales of Olympique Lyonnais
- Tanguy Ndombélé: 60 million euros
- Alexandre Lacazette : 53 millions d’euros
- Ferland Mendy: 48 million euros
- Lucas Paqueta: 42.95 million euros
- Bruno Guimaraes: 42.10 million euros
- Corentin Tolisso: 41.50 million euros
- Michael Essien: 38 million euros
- Karim Benzema: 35 million euros
- Bad Taste : 30 million euros
- Mahamadou Diarra: 26 million euros
