Pavel Šulc has just enjoyed the season of his life. Lyon’s new €7.5 million signing from Viktoria Plzeň, won the prestigious Czech Golden Ball (Zlatý míč České republiky), becoming the first Czech based player to do so for ten years. The award, which is given to the best Czech player of the season, was voted […]
Tag: Midfielder
Khalis Merah – Player Profile
Khalis Merah is a graduate from the esteemed Olympique Lyonnais academy. Following in the footsteps of numerous stars to have emerged from their ranks over the years, he hopes to be the latest ‘Gone‘ to make a name for himself. The midfielder made his first team debut in the opening game of the 2025-26 season […]
Tyler Morton – Player Profile
Tyler Morton is a defensive central midfielder who was born and raised on Merseyside. He grew up supporting local giants Liverpool and joined their academy in 2009 at just seven years old. Liverpool scouts spotted him playing for the Greenleas junior team in his home town of Wallasey and he jumped at the chance to […]
Ander Herrera – Player Profile
Full Name: Ander Herrera AgüeraDate of Birth: 11/08/1989Place of Birth: BilbaoNationality: ESPPosition: Central MidfielderClubs: Real Zaragoza, Athletic Club, Manchester United, Paris Saint-Germain, Athletic Club, Boca Juniors Ander Herrera is a Basque central midfielder who spent the bulk of his career playing for Athletic Club in Spain and Manchester United in England. He began his career with Real Zaragoza and […]
Jordan Veretout – Player Profile
French international midfielder Jordan Veretout joined Olympique Lyonnais from Marseille in September 2024. The transfer fee was reported as €4 million plus add-ons. He signed a contract tying him to the club until June 2026 and was handed the number 7 shirt. Veretout, who was thirty-one years old at the time, has six French caps […]
Thiago Almada – Player Profile
Argentina international Thiago Almada is the latest player to arrive at Olympique Lyonnais via their association with Brazilian club Botafogo under the shared ownership of John Textor’s Eagle Football Holdings. The twenty-three year old attacking midfielder or winger moved to Lyon during the January 2025 transfer window. He initially joined on loan as Lyon were […]
Tanner Tessmann – Player Profile
Tanner Tessmann is a tall and imposing defensive midfielder who made a name for himself with Venezia in Italy before Olympique Lyonnais signed him for €6 million in August 2024. He is a USA international, with six caps to his name, at the time of writing, having made his debut in 2021. Tessmann, or Francis […]
Saïd Benrahma – Player Profile
Saïd Benrahma initially joined Lyon on loan from West Ham United in February 2024, but the move was made permanent the following summer after the winger impressed with three goals and four assists in his fifteen appearances during the second half of the season. The transfer fee was said to be something in the region […]
Orel Mangala – Player Profile
Orel Mangala is a Belgian international midfielder who joined Lyon from Nottingham Forest in the January transfer window of 2024. The move was initially a loan, but the French club have an option to make it permanent when the deal expires at the end of June 2024. It remains to be seen whether or not […]
Nemanja Matić – Player Profile
Serbian central midfielder Nemanja Matić signed for Olympique Lyonnais from Ligue 1 rivals Rennes for €2.6 million in the January 2024 transfer window. The thirty-five year old becomes the oldest player in the current Lyon squad and has joined on a two-and-a-half-year contract, taking him through to summer 2026. Matić had only spent half a […]