OL has especially been eyeing since Wednesday on this "Final 8" of the unprecedented Champions League, set by UEFA from August 21 to 30 in Bilbao and San Sebastian, he does not forget his recruitment. The Lyon club thus announced its first recruit Wednesday, the Australian Ellie Carpenter (20 years old). The defender of the Portland Thorns (United States), the youngest player of all time to have played in the Olympic Games (in 2016 in Rio) will simply have to pass her medical examination before signing her contract.
OL informs that it has reached an agreement with @ThornsFC (USA) on the terms of a @CarpenterEllie transfer, which will formally materialize at the start of the registration period for the female transfer window, and subject to the results of the medical examination. pic.twitter.com/RHgNfX32go
- OL Féminin (@OLfeminin) June 17, 2020"We have to prepare for the future," OL coach Jean-Luc Vasseur announces. Ellie is a very young player who has a lot of potential. This reinforcement, which could be followed by the Spanish goalkeeper Lola Gallardo (Atlético de Madrid) and the Icelandic midfielder Sara Bjork Gunnarsdottir (Wolfsburg), does it mean the departure of the English side Lucy Bronze, essential in the quest for last two crowns in the Champions League, and at the end of the contract on June 30?
"We are talking to Lucy. She thinks and does not forbid anything at all. If she stays, we will be happy too. She should normally return to training tomorrow, ”comments Jean-Luc Vasseur on Thursday. He admits to being “a little in the dark” in this post-Covid 19 summer period, who could also see him lose Sarah Bouhaddi and Dzsenifer Marozsan in a few weeks. But he will also have the opportunity to win a first Champions League in a formula that he considers "exceptional".
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