Liverpool are focused on Rayan Cherki. (Picture by Michael Regan/Getty Photographs)
Olympique Lyonnais proprietor John Textor has acknowledged that leaving the Ligue 1 membership in 2025 would be the determination of Rayan Cherki amid curiosity within the 21-year-old from Liverpool.
A number of Premier League golf equipment have proven an curiosity within the French star in current months with Fulham even agreeing a £15m take care of Lyon for the midfielder final summer season. A switch by no means materialised as Cherki opted to remain, signing a brand new contract within the course of, which retains the participant with OL till 2026.
Cherki is now valued at €25m forward of the 2025 switch home windows with L’Equipe reporting that Liverpool have enquired concerning the playmaker. The Reds have beforehand proven curiosity in signing the midfielder, nevertheless, the French expertise goals of a transfer to Actual Madrid.
It appears sure that the 21-year-old will go away Lyon subsequent summer season and given the Ligue 1 outfit’s present scenario, the French membership shall be open to promoting the teenager, with their proprietor John Textor stating that an exit will the be participant’s “alternative”.
Will Liverpool goal Rayan Cherki go away Lyon in 2025?
Olympique Lyonnais proprietor John Textor held a press convention on Saturday morning at Lyon’s Groupama Stadium after the DNCG ruling. The French soccer monetary watchdog handed a extreme sanction to Les Gones this week because the Ligue 1 membership have been hit with a provisional Ligue 2 relegation, the supervision of their wages and a switch ban.
Talking about the way forward for Cherki amid hyperlinks to Liverpool, Textor stated that the midfielder’s determination to go away in 2025 shall be “his alternative” because the French membership want to herald funds.
“With him, we misplaced €15m, however he has a higher market worth,” Textor stated by way of L’Equipe. “He ought to keep in January however it’ll come right down to his alternative, as all the time in soccer”.
It stays to be seen who will make an official transfer for Cherki over the approaching months and whoever does, they’ll have an excellent likelihood of touchdown the 21-year-old expertise.
