Europa League: Sardar Azmoun, terrible news for Lyon!

On December 11, Hugo Guillemet announced that Jean-Michel Aulas and Vincent Ponsot had managed to strike a deal with Sardar Azmoun, the top scorer for the Iran national team with Zenith in St. Petersburg. With six months left of his contract with the Russian club, the player coveted by Peter Bosz for several seasons has accepted the principle of signing with Olympique Lyonnais until 2026, starting from this winter transfer window for compensation. transfer of 3 million euros.

This news gave hope to OL supporters who this year didn't really have the opportunity to get started. For a few days, the Newcastle competition was announced in the Azmoun archive, even though that fate was not to the taste of the Iranian star, who did not decide to play maintenance in the Premier League.