2023-08-09 20:40:55
John Textor refused the departure of his best youngsters, but the owner of Olympique Lyonnais finally agreed to let Castello Lukeba go to RB Leipzig. The defender will not be part of OL’s trip to Strasbourg this weekend.
Lyon’s career will probably come to an end in the next 48 hours, because this Wednesday evening, the German media confirm an imminent agreement between Olympique Lyonnais and RB Leipzig for the transfer of Castello Lukeba. Information quickly confirmed by L’Equipe, which specifies that the international defender Espoirs met his boss on Tuesday and repeated to him his desire to sign with the German club, used to playing the Champions League every season. Faced with the insistence of Lukeba, who has never masked his determination, and this for several weeks, John Textor finally considered that it was useless to insist and block a player who had decided to leave at OL.
Textor said yes to Lukeba
Lukeba in Leipzig, thunderclap in Lyon
— Foot01.com (@Foot01_com) August 9, 2023
The American owner of Olympique Lyonnais has therefore given the green light to Vincent Ponsot and Santigao Cucci to negotiate with Leipzig. To achieve this transfer, the German sports press evokes a price of 35 million euros, while the 20-year-old defender will commit to the next five seasons with Leipzig. In order to take no risk, Laurent Blanc should not count on his defender for Sunday evening’s meeting at La Meinau against Strasbourg. Seen as the Bundesliga club’s plan, Lukeba was in competition with Feyenoord defender Lutsharel Geertruida. But in recent hours, this track had collapsed, leaving the way open to the young French footballer who will thus see his dream come true.
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