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Team News: Lyon may buy people from the Forest team again, the two teams were previously questioned to use this to brush financial data

8:11am, 7 June 2025Football

June 6 According to the "Team News", after Lyon spent 60 million euros last season to buy two players, Orel Mangala and Moussa Niakhaté, from the Premier League Nottingham Forest, they may buy from the Forest this summer. The two clubs have been questioned to use this to brush financial data.

Last season, facing the investigation by the French Professional Football League Financial Control Agency (DNCG), Lyon needed a record of purchasing players, while Nottingham Forest needed a large transfer fee to sell players' records to comply with the Premier League's financial fairness policy. So Lyon club owner Textor cooperated with Forest's boss Malinkakis (the two of them are friends). This incident caused a lot of discussion at the time. Textor later tactfully admitted that the Niahart trade was too expensive, but argued that it was because of the scarcity of high-quality left-footed central defenders in the market.

According to the information obtained by the "Team News", Lyon may buy midfielder Danilo and goalkeeper Matt Turner from the Forest this summer.

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