The Olympique Lyonnais Chronicle
Match29 Aug 2026
Olympique de Marseille take the derby
0‑3, and no way to dress it up. A derby defeat follows a supporter to work on Monday, and this one will follow him all week.
Market31 Aug 2026
LOSC Lille come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Olympique Lyonnais did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market31 Aug 2026
Tanner Tessmann asks to leave Olympique Lyonnais
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Olympique Lyonnais
Nicolás Tagliafico and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Toulouse FC tell Olympique Lyonnais: Santiago Hidalgo is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
Inquest at Olympique Lyonnais
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
Squad31 Aug 2026
No place for Luis Suárez in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Olympique Lyonnais are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
Antoine Dufour answers for it
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑3, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Dominik Greif wants out of the spotlight
The ambition story running the other way, and the one nobody tells: a footballer asking for a smaller stage, fewer cameras and a crowd that does not turn. It is not weakness and it is very rarely reported as anything else.
In brief
- Market Benevento are about to pick up the phone
- Market No place for Rachid Ghezzal in the plan
- The dugout Noham Kamara gets it from the manager