Versatile midfielder-cum-right-back Ainsley Maitland-Niles joined Lyon in the summer of 2023 on a free transfer following the expiration of his contract at Arsenal. The Londoner had been with the Gunners for the best part of two decades since joining them as a schoolboy, but had never really established himself as a first team regular. Finally, […]
Tag: Midfielder
Corentin Tolisso
Corentin Tolisso is a dynamic and versatile midfielder who is best known for winning the FIFA World Cup with France in 2018, and for his club career with Bayern Munich and Olympique Lyonnais. Tolisso, son of a Togolese immigrant, hails from the small town of Tarare in the Rhône department, some twenty-eight miles outside Lyon, […]
Juninho Pernambucano
Juninho Pernambucano is considered by many to be the greatest Olympique Lyonnais player of all time. It is no coincidence that his spell at the club coincided with their golden period of seven successive league titles, for he was the driving force of that team and his vast repertoire of free-kick and long-range goals will […]
Jeff Reine-Adélaïde
Jeff Reine-Adélaïde signed for Lyon from Angers for €25 million in August 2019, but in the three years since then, he has only made twelve starts in Ligue 1 for the club. The story of his time so far in Lyon has been one of regular set-backs and frustrations, but it’s easy to forget that […]
Lucas Paqueta
Lucas Paqueta made his debut for Lyon in a 3-2 win away at Strasbourg on the 18th of October 2020, playing alongside compatriot Thiago Mendes and Housseam Aouar in central midfield. At €20 million, he was the club’s marquee signing of the preceding transfer window, making the move across the Alps from Milan just a […]
Bruno Guimarães
Bruno Guimarães, who joined Lyon in the January 2020 transfer window from Athletico Paranaense, is one of the most promising Brazilian midfielders of his generation. It cost Lyon just over €22 million to capture the signature of the twenty-two year old, and it’s already beginning to look like a bargain. Bruno Guimarães Rodriguez Moura, to […]
Jean Lucas
Olympique Lyonnais paid €8 million to bring Brazilian midfielder Jean Lucas to France in 2019, negotiating the deal either side of his twenty-first birthday. He left his homeland as one of the hottest prospects in his generation, but had an underwhelming first season in Lyon. He was originally signed for Lyon by erstwhile manager Sylvinho, […]
Rayan Cherki
Rayan Cherki is one of the most highly rated prospects ever to emerge from the Olympique Lyonnais academy. An attacking midfielder, he has been at the club since the age of seven and made his first team debut in October 2019 aged just sixteen. He has broken many age related records along the way, including […]
Maxwel Cornet
Gnaly Maxwel Cornet emerged as a striker from the youth ranks at FC Metz and it was in this capacity that Olympique Lyonnais signed him in January 2015, but it wasn’t until his conversion to a wing-back role under coach Rudi Garcia in 2020 that he finally found his place at the club. Prior to […]
Maxence Caqueret
Maxence Caqueret is yet another prodigious talent to come off the fertile Olympique Lyonnais production line. The French central midfielder is a local boy, who has been on the books of the club since the age of eleven and now looks set for a long career at the top level. He progressed steadily through the […]