Olympique Lyonnais has agreed to let the Brazilian footballer leave, one of the best areas of the championship, in return for an offer of 50.1 million euros.
Le Monde with AFP
A sum that you can not refuse: Lyon has consented to see for Newcastle one of his best players, the international midfielder Braziline Bruno Guimaraes, against a check of 50 million euros that will allow him to ‘Anticipate the rest.
The 50.1 million euros of transfer allowances incorporate 8 million euros of bonuses, linked in particular to the premier League Main League, current eighteenth. The agreement also mentions a 20% incentive on a possible loss capital gain. From this sum, OL will have to return 20% to Athletico Paranaense, the former 24-year-old Brazilian club. But the operation remains profitable to the Lyonnais, who recruited it for 20 million euros in January 2020.
Courtes at the time by the Atletico de Madrid, Guimaraes had chosen Lyon thanks to his compatriot Juninho, the sports director who has since left the Rhodanian Club (in December). In sixty-one games under the OL jersey (3 goals), the native of Rio de Janeiro has established itself as one of the best league settings 1. His performances allowed him to know his first selection with the Brazil in November 2020.
“A very exciting player”
Between Saône and Rhône, “I grew up as athlete and as a human being. I’m happy to know that my start will help the club in one way or another. It always has summer my thought “, Reacted the player, on his Instagram account . “It’s a very exciting player. He was one of our first targets, so I’m very happy to see us Join us,” said Newcastle coach, Eddie Howe.
The Lyonnais, currently Ligue 1 Onziented, would still need him to straighten the bar after a first part of the complicated season, and qualify for the next Champions League, their goal. But the opportunity was too good to sell it, in a difficult financial context for the club which posted a historic loss of 107 million euros on the accounting year 2020-2021, between television and COVID-19 rights crises. .