The Olympique Lyonnais Chronicle
Market21 Aug 2028
Rachid Ghezzal has said yes to Valenciennes
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Olympique Lyonnais have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Squad21 Aug 2028
The step up is real for Julien Duranville
At 22 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Tempers go at Olympique Lyonnais
Mattéo Guendouzi 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.
Market21 Aug 2028
Stade Brestois join the queue for Rémi Himbert
Add another name to the list: Stade Brestois have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Rémi Himbert. The answer from Olympique Lyonnais has not changed — yet.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Moussa Niakhaté falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Olympique Lyonnais
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad21 Aug 2028
A late step up for Clinton Mata
At 35 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Match19 Aug 2028
Olympique Lyonnais come up short against Paris Saint-Germain
Paris Saint-Germain left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Match19 Aug 2028
Another one collected away from home
3 on the bounce on the road for Olympique Lyonnais. The coaches leave early, arrive at unlovely grounds in the dark, and keep coming home with three points.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Didier Vincent joins the Olympique Lyonnais first team
- Market Olympique Lyonnais promote Patrick Lemoine from within
- Looking ahead The neighbours are next for Olympique Lyonnais