Who is the Mystery Player?

Jean-Michel Aulas is such a tease. During Mathieu Bodmer and Kader Keita's press conference, he let slip that there could be one more summer signing ...

Happy 20th Anniversary, Mr. Aulas

June 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

Never 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

Lyon'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

As 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 ...

LYONOPOLY

Game time!!! Because I'm bored, here are the latest rumors compressed into a game of monopoly. Participants: Lyon, Barcelona, Liverpool, Juventus, Chelsea, Lille, Milan, Werder Bremen, and ...

Crapello Likes Abidal

Milan's WAG

Since the current crop of Lyon transfer rumors made me too depressed to post anything intelligent, I thought I'd just post a picture for my ...

Is Barcelona on Crack?

Three 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 ...

Govou: Juninho's Ego To Blame

Gerard Houllier's departure hasn't stemmed the bitterness amongst the players. The latest to air the club's dirty laundry is Sidney Govou. In an interview for Lyon ...

The Latest Transfer Nonsense, Part XXIV

And 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 ...

Abidoula Want to Leave. For Real This Time.

Lyon's left side is hemorrhaging. One of Europe's most envied partnerships, affectionately known as Abidoula, is about to be broken up and sold to different ...

Clubs Want Malouda but Fans Don't

Liverpool 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 ...

Juninho (FINALLY) Extends His Contract

Juninho Pernambucano has extended his contract until June 30th, 2010. Lyon's Brazilian maestro and dead ball specialist threatened to leave unless Aulas promised to build ...

Wiltord Threatens to Expose Teammates in Sex Scandal!

The 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

Instead 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

I'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 ...

Barcelona Play Mind Games with Lyon, More Rumors

Because everything that the press says must be true, here is today's daily dose of transfer news for you to cry over. Apparently, taking Eric ...

Milan Baros Suspended for the Rest of the Season

The LFP's Disciplinary Committee met today to examine whether Milan Baros was racist when he pinched his nose in a "you smell" gesture" towards Rennes ...

Lyon FINALLY win in Style

After a dismal run of five games, Lyon got their act together in order to properly celebrate their sixth title. Celebrating after the match. This time, ...

Eduardo Ratinho to Lyon?

This was going to be a post dedicated to the Lyon WAGs, but I'll do that later. Tasty rumors are circulating around the Stade de ...

Tiago to Juventus? Coupet to Tottenham? Yeah right.

The 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'

Now 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 ...

Hungover Lyon celebrates sixth title with another scoreless draw

Because nil-nil is so in right now. In their last five matches, Lyon have only scored ONE goal, and that was in their win against ...

Lyon wins sixth title, no one really cares

Lyon won it again, this time without even trying. They only needed one more point to clinch the title, but Toulouse's loss today means that ...

Auxerre vs. Lyon

Auxerre vs. Olympique Lyonnais April 22, 2007 Stade Abbe-Deschamps 12:00 PM Eastern Time (18:00 in France) Originally, Lyon only needed one point to seal their sixth title, but ...

The 20 Highest Paid Players in France

Technically, 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 manages one goal in France's drought

As I predicted, yesterday's score sheet was a drab 1-0. But it's a win, so I'm happy. Unfortunately, Toulouse won their match on Saturday, so Lyon ...

Just when you thought the injury crisis was over....

In a year that has been plagued by injuries, last week, there was a brief light at the end of the tunnel when for the ...

Lyon: The Retirement Community for Washed Up French Stars

Okay, 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, ...