The Olympique Lyonnais Chronicle
Market17 Aug 2026
Olympique Lyonnais turn down US Creteil for Rachid Ghezzal
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Olympique Lyonnais
Corentin Tolisso was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Olympique Lyonnais
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Moussa Niakhaté gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market17 Aug 2026
Olympique de Marseille want Rémy Descamps
Of all the clubs to come calling. Olympique Lyonnais would sooner sell to anybody else, and the supporters have already made their feelings plain.
Market17 Aug 2026
Olympique Lyonnais promote Jean Berger from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jean Berger has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Frédéric Roux steps up from the Olympique Lyonnais academy
- Boardroom Olympique Lyonnais turn down the training-ground plan
- Squad A wage question at Olympique Lyonnais
- Squad The manager plants his flag on Corentin Tolisso