Chelsea continues its expensive market. The London club agreed with OL on Sunday for the transfer of 19-year-old right-back Malo Gusto for 30 million euros and five million in bonuses over the duration of his seven-and-a-half-year contract. , until 2030. Before joining the Blues, currently tenth in the Premier League, the international hopeful will remain at OL on loan until the end of this season.
Professional since the end of 2020, Malo Gusto quickly imposed himself on the right flank of the Lyon defense at the expense of Léo Dubois, transferred this summer to Galatasaray. He has 77 professional matches in all competitions. “Olympique Lyonnais regrets not having been able to keep one of its great hopes trained at the Academy but remains happy to be able to count on him during this second part of the season”, commented the club in a press release.
OL could hardly refuse a transfer of such an amount despite their desire, expressed last summer to the Lyon public and ultra groups in particular, to want to rely on the club’s DNA with the returns of Lacazette and Tolisso.
In recent hours, the activity of Olympique Lyonnais on the transfer market has accelerated with the official loan Saturday of Romain Faivre in Lorient, which followed that of Karl Toko Ekambi in Rennes, Thursday. On Sunday, the Rhone club also announced the departure of its Brazilian striker, Mateus Tetê, to Leicester. The 22-year-old has been on loan from Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk since March 2022.
Jeffinho before Isidor?
OL are also working in the direction of arrivals. After Brazilian midfielder Joao Gomes refused to join the Rhone club, preferring Wolverhampton in England, OL announced that they were in contact with Jeffinho (24), a Brazilian striker from Botafogo, whose new owner of Lyon, the American John Textor, is also the majority shareholder. Olympique Lyonnais has announced that he must be in Lyon on Monday to pass his medical examination in order to be loaned.
The club is also in the process of concluding the transfer of Swedish striker from Heerenveen Amin Sarr (21), as well as that of Frenchman Wilson Isidor (22), currently at Lokomotiv Moscow after passing through Rennes and Monaco.