Olympique Lyon still takes into account the departure of Memphis Depay, while Houssem Aouar and Moussa Dembélé are still drawn. In that context, the French are busy with suitable replacements and, according to various foreign media, Lucas Paquetá and Islam Slimani are the main candidates of the club management les Gones.

RMC Sport and Italian transfer expert Gianluca Di Marzio reported on Tuesday that Olympique Lyon has already reached a personal agreement with Paquetá, who will remain with his current employer AC Milan for three more seasons. The deal for the midfielder reportedly involves an amount of twenty million euros, including an undisclosed resale percentage. Paquetá can sign a five-year contract in Lyon and his annual salary is 2.5 million euros.

L’Équipe: Olympique Lyon halves Depay’s asking price and issues ultimatum

The French club would nevertheless like to close a million deal.Read article

The technical management of Olympique Lyon also talks with the management of Slimani about a possible deal. The Algerian attacker is still stuck at Leicester City until 2021, but according to RMC Sport the leader in the Premier League is willing to let him leave a year earlier. Slimani, leased to AS Monaco last season, has added the Foxes no prospect of a basic pitch, making an early departure the best option for all parties. The 32-year-old striker would be interested in a transfer to Lyon.

Various foreign media also report the arrival of Facundo Pellistri to Olympique Lyon. The eighteen-year-old wing attacker has been on Juninho’s list for some time, the technical director of the French. L’Équipe was recently able to report that the Uruguayan CA Peñarol has five million euros left over from the deal with Lyon, while a resale clause has also been agreed during the negotiations.

According to L’Équipe Olympique Lyon is prepared to lower the asking price for Depay to 12.5 million euros, as the French want to close a million deal anyway due to financial problems. Chairman Jean-Michel Aulas initially held on to the asking price of 25 million euros. The condition is that clubs register for Depay before October 2. Barcelona seems to be the main candidate to take over the Orange International.