Foot OL – OL: A defender recruited in an emergency transfer window? – Olympique Lyonnais

At the start of the week, Olympique Lyonnais completed its first winter recruit in the person of Karl Toko-Ekambi, on loan with the option to buy from Villarreal.

The arrival of the Cameroonian of 27 years does not end the Lyon transfer window. And for good reason, the Rhone club remains ready to pounce on a midfielder, especially in the event of the departure of Lucas Tousart, courted diligently by Hertha Berlin. And the defense then, which crystallizes the concerns of OL supporters? At a press conference, sporting director Juninho did not shut the door on the arrival of a player in this sector of play by January 31, even if the task looks difficult.

“It is true that we also lost Solet. Even though he didn’t play much, we had a lot of hope. We have Mapou (Yanga-Mbiwa) which is exemplary, but when you spend two years without playing, it is natural to enter a comfort zone, difficult to get him to play in an emergency. We are satisfied with Marcelo and Joachim (Andersen), even if Joachim had more difficulties. Rudi (Garcia) has almost three options. We discussed, but our priority was to finalize Toko. We will discuss. Maybe there will be a chance, but it’s not easy to find in winter and find someone ready to come for six months. At the end, the president has the final say. But it will be short of having three defenders for five months of competition “ said Juninho in comments reported by Foot Mercato. Since the start of the winter transfer window, few tracks have filtered to this position of central defender. This does not bode well for the future, the Lyon recruitment cell having more than one trick up its sleeve …

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