Football OL – OL: Cornet puts City at his feet, and receives an offer the next day! – Olympique Lyonnais

Incredible timing. In the wake of his double against Manchester City in the Champions League and congratulations from Pep Guardiola on him, Maxwel Cornet had an appointment early Wednesday morning with its leaders. An interview planned for a long time and intended to evoke its future, at the OL or elsewhere. Vincent Ponsot, deputy general legal director, and Florian Maurice, the recruiting boss, received the hero of the day before. It is impossible to say whether this was long overdue or whether his performance against the English champions weighed in the balance, but the former messin was offered a contract extension with a salary revised upward.

An offer that went even higher than that made in September, after the transfer market, when OL wanted to shield a player yet announced on the start and retained at the last minute. At the salary level, the Ivorian international would not have much to complain about the Lyon proposal says The Teambut it is rather with regard to the sportsman that it stuck. Very little used by Bruno Genesio, never titularized apart against Manchester City, Cornet is not really committed to the long term without a longer playing time. This can be understood, and the coming weeks will be decisive, at a time when Cornet still scored points compared to Traoré or Dembélé, who are in free fall in recent weeks.