{"id":1094492,"date":"2019-06-18T16:57:07","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T15:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1094492"},"modified":"2019-06-18T17:11:04","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T16:11:04","slug":"nabil-fekir-lyon-liverpool-transfer-news","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/nabil-fekir-lyon-liverpool-transfer-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyon confirm Nabil Fekir exit plans amid Liverpool links"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas has confirmed playmaker Nabil Fekir is looking to leave the club this summer. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The France international appeared to be on the verge of completing a move to Liverpool last summer only to see negotiations unravel at the final moment.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>An uncertain summer for Lyon: Six things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Lyon finished third in Ligue 1 last season.<\/li>\n<li>They also took four points from Man City in the Champions League&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>But their form has seen a number of star players linked with moves away.<\/li>\n<li>Ferland Mendy has agreed a deal with Real Madrid.<\/li>\n<li>Ndombele, Fekir and Depay are among those who could also move.<\/li>\n<li>Club president Aulas has confirmed Fekir intends to leave Lyon.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7291399-man-utd-s-galaxy-brain-move-trade-pogba-for-two-real-madrid-midfielders<\/p>\n<p>But Fekir didn&#8217;t allow this to hamper his professionalism, notching 12 goals and nine assists in Ligue 1 and Champions League games combined as Lyon finished third and reached the round-of-16 in the respective tournaments.<\/p>\n<p>Rumours of a transfer away from the French club still persist, though, with Aulas now admitting they are awaiting an offer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His preference is towards a departure.,&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ol.fr\/fr-fr\/contenus\/articles\/2019\/06\/18\/jean-michel-aulas-fait-le-point-sur-le-mercato-lyonnais\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> reporters. &#8220;We are open to discussions.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yannick Carrasco, Bruno Fernandes, Matthijs de Ligt TRANSFER NEWS w\/Squawka\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xRJ-5tmqd-E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have no news. We are waiting for proposals in the coming days but for the moment, we do not have any. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fekir scored three Ligue 1 goals from outside the area during 2018\/19, the joint-highest amount of any player at the club.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>An uncertain summer for Lyon<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Aulas also addressed speculation regarding Tanguy Ndombele&#8217;s transfer, with a number of European giants linked with his name \u2013 including Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur and Barcelona \u2013 claiming no club has yet met his valuation of the player.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;There is nothing decided at the moment. The many requests do not correspond to what I expect.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1081047\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/03\/28125045\/GettyImages-1125919808.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/03\/28125045\/GettyImages-1125919808.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/03\/28125045\/GettyImages-1125919808-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/03\/28125045\/GettyImages-1125919808-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/03\/28125045\/GettyImages-1125919808-66x44.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lyon have also been linked with former Chelsea left-back Filipe Luis following the transfer of Ferland Mendy to Real Madrid, with Aulas making no attempt to hide is admiration for the 33-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are far enough from an agreement,&#8221; Aulas said. &#8220;He has many qualities but he wants to take his time to make the decision. We are in a hurry to announce a number of signatures but he is one of the players we are very interested in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><script>(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src='https:\/\/embed.playbuzz.com\/sdk.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','playbuzz-sdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"playbuzz\" data-id=\"7c4c485a-3260-4ab4-8346-d80b747acdcd\" data-show-share=\"false\" data-show-info=\"false\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas has confirmed playmaker Nabil Fekir is looking to leave the club this summer. The France international appeared to be on the verge of completing a move to Liverpool last summer only to see negotiations unravel at the final moment. An uncertain summer for Lyon: Six things to know&#8230; Lyon finished third&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":1090575,"parent":0,"menu_order":6372,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"Liverpool transfer news: Lyon confirm Nabil Fekir exit plans | Squawka","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas has confirmed playmaker Nabil Fekir is looking to leave the club this summer.","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"news-category":[],"class_list":["post-1094492","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"external_featured_image_url":"","hide_featured_image_pattern":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Liverpool transfer news: Lyon confirm Nabil Fekir exit plans | Squawka<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas has confirmed playmaker Nabil Fekir is looking to leave the club this summer.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/nabil-fekir-lyon-liverpool-transfer-news\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lyon confirm Nabil Fekir exit plans amid Liverpool links\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas has confirmed playmaker Nabil Fekir is looking to leave the club this summer.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/nabil-fekir-lyon-liverpool-transfer-news\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Squawka | EN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SquawkaFootballNews\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-06-18T16:11:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/25141219\/nabil-fekir-lyon-2019-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1706\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@squawka\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/nabil-fekir-lyon-liverpool-transfer-news\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/nabil-fekir-lyon-liverpool-transfer-news\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Chris Jones\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/dcaaeb201e0e17d78934592371278e5c\"},\"headline\":\"Lyon confirm Nabil Fekir exit plans amid Liverpool links\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-06-18T15:57:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-06-18T16:11:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/nabil-fekir-lyon-liverpool-transfer-news\/\"},\"wordCount\":394,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/nabil-fekir-lyon-liverpool-transfer-news\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/25141219\/nabil-fekir-lyon-2019-scaled.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/nabil-fekir-lyon-liverpool-transfer-news\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/nabil-fekir-lyon-liverpool-transfer-news\/\",\"name\":\"Liverpool transfer news: Lyon confirm Nabil Fekir exit plans | Squawka\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/nabil-fekir-lyon-liverpool-transfer-news\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/nabil-fekir-lyon-liverpool-transfer-news\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/25141219\/nabil-fekir-lyon-2019-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-06-18T15:57:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-06-18T16:11:04+00:00\",\"description\":\"Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas has confirmed playmaker Nabil Fekir is looking to leave the club this summer.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/nabil-fekir-lyon-liverpool-transfer-news\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/nabil-fekir-lyon-liverpool-transfer-news\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/nabil-fekir-lyon-liverpool-transfer-news\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/25141219\/nabil-fekir-lyon-2019-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/25141219\/nabil-fekir-lyon-2019-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1706},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/nabil-fekir-lyon-liverpool-transfer-news\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Squawka\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Lyon confirm Nabil Fekir exit plans amid Liverpool links\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Squawka | EN\",\"description\":\"Football News, Stats, and More...\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/dcaaeb201e0e17d78934592371278e5c\",\"name\":\"Chris Jones\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1629af3d80ca046be2a55c38052128018b2b9c196ce8d6314bdff7d7ce9f366e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1629af3d80ca046be2a55c38052128018b2b9c196ce8d6314bdff7d7ce9f366e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Chris Jones\"},\"description\":\"Gold Standard NCTJ-qualified sports journalist from England. Covered Major League Soccer, USMNT, Premier League and more since 2018, with a focus on data-driven content. Previously published at: CaughtOffside , Tifo Football\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/author\/chris-smith\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Liverpool transfer news: Lyon confirm Nabil Fekir exit plans | Squawka","description":"Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas has confirmed playmaker Nabil Fekir is looking to leave the club this summer.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/nabil-fekir-lyon-liverpool-transfer-news\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lyon confirm Nabil Fekir exit plans amid Liverpool links","og_description":"Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas has confirmed playmaker Nabil Fekir is looking to leave the club this summer.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/nabil-fekir-lyon-liverpool-transfer-news\/","og_site_name":"Squawka | EN","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SquawkaFootballNews\/","article_modified_time":"2019-06-18T16:11:04+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1706,"url":"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/25141219\/nabil-fekir-lyon-2019-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@squawka","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/nabil-fekir-lyon-liverpool-transfer-news\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/nabil-fekir-lyon-liverpool-transfer-news\/"},"author":{"name":"Chris Jones","@id":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/dcaaeb201e0e17d78934592371278e5c"},"headline":"Lyon confirm Nabil Fekir exit plans amid Liverpool links","datePublished":"2019-06-18T15:57:07+00:00","dateModified":"2019-06-18T16:11:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/nabil-fekir-lyon-liverpool-transfer-news\/"},"wordCount":394,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/nabil-fekir-lyon-liverpool-transfer-news\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/25141219\/nabil-fekir-lyon-2019-scaled.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/nabil-fekir-lyon-liverpool-transfer-news\/","url":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/nabil-fekir-lyon-liverpool-transfer-news\/","name":"Liverpool transfer news: Lyon confirm Nabil Fekir exit plans | Squawka","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/nabil-fekir-lyon-liverpool-transfer-news\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/nabil-fekir-lyon-liverpool-transfer-news\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/25141219\/nabil-fekir-lyon-2019-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2019-06-18T15:57:07+00:00","dateModified":"2019-06-18T16:11:04+00:00","description":"Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas has confirmed playmaker Nabil Fekir is looking to leave the club this summer.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/nabil-fekir-lyon-liverpool-transfer-news\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/nabil-fekir-lyon-liverpool-transfer-news\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/nabil-fekir-lyon-liverpool-transfer-news\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/25141219\/nabil-fekir-lyon-2019-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/25141219\/nabil-fekir-lyon-2019-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1706},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/nabil-fekir-lyon-liverpool-transfer-news\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Squawka","item":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Lyon confirm Nabil Fekir exit plans amid Liverpool links"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/","name":"Squawka | EN","description":"Football News, Stats, and More...","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/dcaaeb201e0e17d78934592371278e5c","name":"Chris Jones","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1629af3d80ca046be2a55c38052128018b2b9c196ce8d6314bdff7d7ce9f366e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1629af3d80ca046be2a55c38052128018b2b9c196ce8d6314bdff7d7ce9f366e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Chris Jones"},"description":"Gold Standard NCTJ-qualified sports journalist from England. Covered Major League Soccer, USMNT, Premier League and more since 2018, with a focus on data-driven content. Previously published at: CaughtOffside , Tifo Football","url":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/author\/chris-smith\/"}]}},"yoast_title":"Liverpool transfer news: Lyon confirm Nabil Fekir exit plans | Squawka","yoast_description":"Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas has confirmed playmaker Nabil Fekir is looking to leave the club this summer.","yoast_keyword":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1094492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1094492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1090575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1094492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1094492"},{"taxonomy":"news-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-category?post=1094492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}