That's absolute nonsense though, Lyon reduced their spending in order to finance their stadium and sports complex. They do not sell players easily and most definitely do not sell them just because someone made a big offer.
I agree that all the money go into the new stadium and sports complex, but i'm still saying that they are a selling club, that now sell regularily there best player.
Sorry, it wasn't against your post, I meant that the post that you responded to is an absolute tripe. QSI arrived when Lyon were financing their new stadium, the strategy that they choose was to put their transfer budget in the financing of the stadium instead of taking a huge loan while using their academy in order to fill the team. That's how they created one of the best academies around and developed all these players.
I agree that they are one of the best academy, but the finality off it, is selling the best product.
That's true Lyon shouldn't even try to compete with the same weapons, their best chance is the one that they eventually picked, they are one of the rare french club to own its stadium and they have an excellent academy. Unlike PSG, they now rely on themselves and nobody else, no sugar daddy, no local politicians.
I never said they should compete with PSG in market, I said they should compete on the playing ground, thanks to there academy product and some cheap / smart scouting.
But in order to do that, they should keep there best players, year after year, and add better one to the mix, when they can, just like any ambitious club will do.
@Get young talent You couldn't be more wrong, Aulas said he won't sell more than 3 starters and he's far from "greedy" really. All his sales were reasonables price wise.
Don't mistake him for Monaco's owners
@BalanceUnAutreJoint ,
What kind of club mentaly prepare the fans, to accept the sell of 3 key players before the transfer window open ?
A selling club
What kind of club give verbal agrement to there best player, allowing them to leave easily after a fixed amount of year, regardless of there contract situation ?
A selling club
Nb:
For the people that don't know about this, Lacazette was allowed to leave because of this and this summer it's Fekir turn. The next one was supposed to be Mendy and Aulas declared that he will not sell this summer but maybe the next one, but Real came and he bend over, again.
Beside CR7, United or any big club never do this verbal agrement for there best player.
You don't believe it ?
Take a look at the following starting 11, that only need to feel in 3 positions.
Lacazette
Aouar Fekir RW
Tolisso Ndombele
Mendy Umtiti CB RB
Lloris
If they looked like that, i can garanty you that they will compete for the ligue 1 and the CL, all for a transfer budget close to 0 €, because most of them are academy product and the other has been bought for peanuts.
Why they doesn't look like that ?
Because Aulas doesn't care to compete, he is a seller and will still be, atleast untill his beautifull stadium and sports complex will be fully payed.
NB : The Monaco case is completly different. There was on good track to challenge in all front, than his ex wife divorced and stripped him of half his fortune, forcing him to flush all his ambition out of the window, and become a selling club.
Maybe we're refusing to meet certain asking prices, but that's not because we don't have the funds, I'd say that's more a transfer strategy thing.
The money is there to sign players, 100%. We just have tough negotiators at the head of things who won't want to overpay and will constantly be looking for deals.
Of course we doesn't want to pay, because this is robbery price.
If the PL teams keep playing hard ball like that, i can predict the end of transfer between PL teams as soon as next year. All new player will come from other league or lower english league, because no PL team want to do sensible business anymore.
Why would he join us? Pogba probably leaving and we are in the Europa. Doubt he will come here tbh.
Because unlike Spurs we can pay the 75 M € asked by Lyon in a single payment and we can give him a huge contract around 250 k £ per week, like Martial.
No matter the state of the club, we should try like we did for De Ligt and if he reject us, move on, but don't give up without trying.
so I know your pain.
