Articles tagged with "people"
Oh Alou
By Inara | June 23rd, 2007Alou Diarra is not willing to let bygones be bygones. Despite the resignation of arch nemesis Gerard Houllier, Diarra refuses to consider staying at Lyon, ...
Danone Nations Cup + Zizou
By Inara | June 23rd, 2007Sun, football, and Zizou...what more do you need? Every year, FIFA and the French Football Federation hold an international football tournament for children aged 10-12. ...
The Man Named Fred
By Inara | June 21st, 2007Since there are two months to kill before next season starts, I thought I would introduce you to another moody OL player. I've already done ...
Happy 20th Anniversary, Mr. Aulas
By Inara | June 15th, 2007June 15, 1987 - A young businessman and engineer takes over as head of Olympique Lyonnais, a sleepy provincial club which boasted only a single ...
Juventus Offer Player+Cash for Tiago
By Inara | June 14th, 2007Never doubt the negotiating powers of Jean-Michel Aulas. Only he could possibly sell Tiago for €20million. I briefly talked about this yesterday, but now that ...
Lyon Sign Bodmer and Keita
By Inara | June 14th, 2007Lyon's first two official signings have been formally announced by the club. They are Mathieu Bodmer and Abdul Kader Keita, both from Lille. The financial ...
Juventus Want To Eat Your Souls
By Inara | June 13th, 2007As soon as David Trezeguet let the entire world know that he's no longer interested in playing for the Old Lady (read: Hag), he was ...
Is Barcelona on Crack?
By Inara | June 8th, 2007Three years ago, Lyon purchased Eric Abidal from Lille for a fee of €8.5million. Three days ago, Barcelona submitted a €9million offer to Lyon for ...
Simao to replace Malouda? LOL.
By Inara | June 7th, 2007MALOUDA EAGER FOR SWITCH TO LIVERPOOL "...The £8million-rated Lyon midfielder looks bound for Anfield in the next week after the French club agreed a similar fee ...
The Latest Transfer Nonsense, Part XXIV
By Inara | June 6th, 2007And now for your pleasure, the latest (mis)information published by the French media. DEPARTURES * Just when we thought that Florent Malouda would not be walking ...
Clubs Want Malouda but Fans Don't
By Inara | May 29th, 2007Liverpool have joined the clubs interested in Florent Malouda's services. However, their offer of 9 million pounds (about 13 million euros) is ridiculously low. He ...
Who Will Replace Houllier?
By Inara | May 25th, 2007The options aren't as endless as one would hope. While there are quite a few interested parties, Aulas prefers someone who speaks French, or at ...
%#!$^$*$ Gerard Houllier Leaves Lyon!!!!
By Inara | May 25th, 2007OMG. OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!! /end nonsensical exclamations. We all knew this was coming, with other managers already abandoning ship across Europe. But now that it's ...
Wiltord Threatens to Expose Teammates in Sex Scandal!
By Inara | May 21st, 2007The Sylvain Wiltord drama took a tabloid-worthy turn today. It turns out that Wiltord's exclusion and following suspension from team activities was the result of ...
Future Prospect: Hatem Ben Arfa
By Inara | May 14th, 2007Instead of talking about the latest transfer gossip or how I feel about Houllier/Govou, I thought I'd take the time to introduce to you one ...
Wiltord-Lyon, Le Divorce
By Inara | May 13th, 2007I've been waiting awhile to talk about this because I still don't know what exactly is going on between Sylvain Wiltord and Lyon. Everything was ...
"Cris Has a Double Personality"
By Inara | May 12th, 2007Or so says his wife, Tatiane. This interview is from several months ago, but since the French press rarely publish information on the private lives ...
Why No One Wants to Come to Lyon
By Inara | May 11th, 2007Most football fans live in a constant state of delusion when it comes to their team. It's why many clubs still have fans despite constant ...
OMG RAY! or, Lyon and Raymond Domenech are having an affair
By Inara | April 26th, 2007Instead of harping about how awful Lyon has been lately, today I'm going to take a trip back in time to when Lyon was still ...
Tiago to Juventus? Coupet to Tottenham? Yeah right.
By Inara | April 25th, 2007The most annoying thing about being a Lyon fan is that every spring, just about all of Lyon's players are linked with moves away. And ...
Lyon want some Portuguese lovin'
By Inara | April 24th, 2007Now that Lyon's Brazilian takeover is in full effect, the club is now batting its eyes in the direction of Portugal. And who is Lyon ...
The 20 Highest Paid Players in France
By Inara | April 19th, 2007Technically, this is Sam's territory, but I couldn't help bringing this up since eleven of the top twenty are at Lyon. Some of them definitely ...
Lyon: The Retirement Community for Washed Up French Stars
By Inara | April 11th, 2007Okay, maybe not entirely washed up. But they aren't exactly lighting the world on fire either. For those of you who keep updated with transfer gossip, ...
Karim Benzema is NOT a Baby
By Inara | April 6th, 2007Karim Benzema would like the world to know that he's 19, not 17, and therefore not a kid. So could everyone please stop treating him ...
Lyon Invades Valenciennes
By Inara | April 6th, 2007Valenciennes vs. Olympique Lyonnais April 7, 2007 Stade Nungesser 11:10 AM Eastern US Time (17:10 in France) Lyon need a win here for two reasons: to bounce back from ...
Mass Exodus out of Lyon?
By Inara | April 5th, 2007So on the heels of another "failed" season, transfer speculation is in full bloom. And as usual, nearly all of Lyon's squad has been linked ...
Lyon Re-Cap
By Inara | April 4th, 2007Hi everyone, I'm Inara. I'll be doing my best to keep you all updated with team news, player rumors, back room drama, and all other ...
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