Olympique Lyonnais face AS Monaco on Sunday night in the closing match of the eighth round of fixtures in Ligue 1. The game kicks off at 21:00 local time and will be shown live on BT Sport 1 in the UK (kick off 20:00 GMT). Lyon go into the match at close to full strength […]
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Djamel Benlamri
Algerian international centre-back Djamel Benlamri joined Olympique Lyonnais at the end of the summer 2020 transfer window as a free agent, having bought out the final nine months of his contract with Al-Shabab in Saudi Arabia. He was recruited primarily to provide cover for first choice central defensive partnership Jason Denayer and Marcelo, after Joachim […]
Mattia De Sciglio
Mattia De Sciglio is an experienced Italian international fullback who joined Olympique Lyonnais on loan from Juventus for the 2020-21 season. He made his Lyon debut as a 73rd minute substitute in the 3-2 away win at Strasbourg on the 18th of October 2020. He was brought in just before the summer transfer window closed […]
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 […]
Toko Ekambi decisive in unconvincing win
Lyon returned to winning ways on Sunday with a narrow victory over Strasbourg to earn a much needed three points that lift them into the top half of the Ligue 1 table. It was a topsy-turvy match that looked to be all over before the interval, only for Strasbourg to fight back and give Lyon […]
Strasbourg v Lyon Preview
Lyon travel to Strasbourg on Sunday in desperate need of a win in order to kick-start their season, having taken only seven points from their opening six Ligue 1 fixtures. They are winless since the opening day rout of Dijon. Strasbourg could be ideal opponents in that respect, as they are in even worse form, […]
International break round-up October 2020: Lyon players
Plenty of Olympique Lyonnais stars were in action around the world during the October 2020 international break. Here’s a round-up of how they got on. Sinaly Diomande and Maxwel Cornet The big news was that Sinaly Diomande made his international debut for the Ivory Coast. It was his first call up to the squad and […]
Lyon Transfer Window Review: Summer 2020
Olympique Lyonnais had one of their most active transfer windows for years in the summer of 2020 and now that it has closed we can begin to assess how successful it was. The transfer window unfolded against a backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic, which delayed the start of the season and led to the window […]
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 – Player Profile
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, […]