Does OL's transfer window reveal "a cacophony" at the head of the club?

• Barely in Ligue 1 (7th to seven points from the podium), OL are back to the wall and have no right to miss each other during the winter transfer window.
• On the eve of a 16th final of the Coupe de France in Nantes and 15 days before the end of the transfer period, 20 Minutes is looking into the blur this Friday accompanying the Lyon transfer window so far.

Just a month ago, Lyon's ambition was clearly set by Juninho for the winter transfer window. "If we can make a player by sector, one behind, one in the middle, and one in attack, that would be ideal," said the sports director of OL, on the sidelines of the draw for the knockout stages of the Ligue des champions. We need players with personality and experience, that's what we lack in the team. It's my opinion, but we're going to listen to Rudi [Garcia], Florian [Maurice] and the president. "

Gérard Houllier (adviser @OL to president JM Aulas): "You have to recruit in an offensive position ..." #LateFC

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The transfer period will end in 15 days and nothing has yet come to compensate for the serious knee injuries of Memphis Depay, Jeff Reine-Adélaïde and Oumar Solet (season ended for all three), or the long unavailability of the lateral Youssouf Koné (ankle) and Léo Dubois (meniscus). A good ten tracks were released in the media, and the very varied profiles appeal, from Steven Nzonzi to Karl Toko-Ekambi via Thomas Lemar, Jean-Michaël Seri, Kévin Gameiro, Jonathan David, Hwang Hee-chan and Tino Kadewere .

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"Juninho and Florian Maurice work in pairs"

Jihed Taniche, agent of the striker from Le Havre, current top scorer in Ligue 2, confirmed Thursday at 20 minutes "discussions in progress" with OL. But a question arises: does Lyon not go in all directions, in particular because of its different leaders involved in recruitment? "I don't think it's a war between Juninho and Florian Maurice [head of recruitment], I have the impression that they work in a collegial manner and even in pairs," says a players' agent. Afterwards, can one be tempted to get in the way of the other? In any case, Florian Maurice saw himself being promoted to sports director in Lyon. "

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The arrival of Juninho last spring has inevitably changed the game in the club's sports policy, as confirmed by the signatures of Thiago Mendes and especially Sylvinho and Jean Lucas. How are the two former OL players organized to collaborate well? “Florian Maurice is more on the field, he attends three or four games a week, says Jean-Marc Chanelet, former teammate of Juninho at OL and now a member of the FC Nantes recruitment cell. As for "Juni", he follows the team more, he really gets things done and he has his networks. Add to that Jean-Michel Aulas and Rudi Garcia and from the outside, you can sometimes have an impression of cacophony. "

"Isn't it better to prepare the summer transfer window well?" "

Sports agent for 28 years, Stéphane Canard has not felt this way about the Lyon sports management. "This club knows where it is going and even if the voices can seem discordant, the organization chart is in my opinion very clear the head of the OL", he indicates. However, few supporters have understood how an axial striker like Karl Toko-Ekambi (Villarreal) could be targeted, when he has more of a finisher profile like Moussa Dembélé than a creative player like Memphis Depay and Jeff Reine- Adelaide, even dribbling winger as this is lacking in the current workforce in Lyon.

How to do without Depay and Reine-Adelaide for OL? https://t.co/tFAAggRBWT

"As Depay and Reine-Adélaïde will return in a few months, OL may be working on the loan of a player from a big club," suggests an agent. But still it would be necessary that this player can really pull an entire group up. And finally, unless there is a miracle, the European adventure will stop against Juve [in eighths], so is it not better to save money by not inflating this workforce, in order to properly prepare the summer transfer window? "Since Wednesday evening and the new success of Stade Rennais (0-1 in Nîmes), OL still points seven points from the podium in Ligue 1.

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