Zapping Goal! soccer club Olympique Lyonnais: The question of the week?
On Tuesday, Xherdan Shaqiri was OL’s big man of the game to play again against OM (2-1), with a header and an assist for Moussa Dembélé. This evening, the 30-year-old player will not be at the Louis-II stadium to face AS Monaco… And for good reason: the Swiss flew to the United States, where he will commit this weekend. end with the club Chicago Fire.
The ex-Liverpool player, recruited for 6 M€ (+ 5 M€ bonus which was not reached) last summer, will therefore have spent only six lackluster months in Lyon, where he played 16 matches in all competitions (2 goals, 3 assists). According to L’Équipe, he had indicated from the start of the winter transfer window his desire to change the air to his management, who did not oppose it.
Chicago’s offer, slightly less than €7m, is a boon for OL, which will recover more than the money invested in August and get rid of a large salary (nearly €300,000 per month). “He, like his brother (Ari Shaqiri, his agent), has had exemplary behavior since his arrival, despite complicated periods, we breathe internally at OL. He is a very good player, but it was a recruitment error on his profile since he could not play on the right. »
Here is the front page of L’Équipe newspaper for Saturday February 5, 2022: https://t.co/JdTfZQsG3d pic.twitter.com/S7VLiJqZ3d
— THE TEAM (@theteam) February 5, 2022
to summarize
Arrived at OL in the summer transfer window, Xherdan Shaqiri (30) should not make old bones in Lyon since he has already left for Chicago to sign his future contract. The Swiss international does not leave without leaving a small bonus to Les Gones.