Articles tagged with "team-news-and-rumors"
Abidoula Want to Leave. For Real This Time.
By Inara | May 31st, 2007Lyon'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 ...
The season is over but international duty isn’t
By Inara | May 30th, 2007Ligue 1 ended last Saturday, but 25 Lyon players (including three on loan and five from OL Feminines) still have games to play, this time ...
Alain Perrin is the New Lyon Manager
By Inara | May 30th, 2007In a (un)surprising move, Lyon have named former Sochaux manager Alain Perrin following Gerard Houllier's resignation. Despite Didier Deschamps's recent availability, Jean-Michel Aulas preferred Perrin ...
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 ...
On suit Alain Perrin
By Inara | May 25th, 2007A Jean-Michel Aulas interview regarding potential managers, But! Lyon, Friday May 25, 2007. On suit Alain Perrin Do you know who will be the next coach of ...
%#!$^$*$ 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 ...
Juninho (FINALLY) Extends His Contract
By Inara | May 24th, 2007Juninho 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 ...
French Supercup Could Take Place in China
By Inara | May 23rd, 2007We know that Juninho likes Asia. It turns out the FFF do too! This summer's French Supercup, otherwise known as the Trophée des Champions, may take ...
Lyon Go to St. Tropez on Vacation
By Inara | May 22nd, 2007And no, their season is not yet over. They still have one game left to play this Saturday against Nantes. But since Lyon won the ...
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 ...
Just Shut Up, Please
By Inara | May 16th, 2007As the transfer window approaches, Lyon is quite possibly the only club, with the exception of Chelsea, where the speculation surrounding the manager is greater ...
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 ...
Houllier on His Way to Newcastle?
By Inara | May 10th, 2007Gerard Houllier has been subject to a lot of rumors recently, more so than even Franck Ribery. Despite winning Lyon another title, his failures in ...
L'EQUIPE: Houllier peut-il rester ?
By Inara | May 10th, 2007L’entraîneur de Lyon se demande parfois s’il va poursuivre sa mission. En interne, il suscite toujours la controverse. PUISQU’ILS N’ONT plus grand chose à attendre du ...
Utter Destruction and Lions Jumping Through a Ring of Fire
By Inara | May 9th, 2007Just all in a day's work for the perennial French champions. Lens were hoping to take advantage of Lyon's recent malaise to get three very ...
An "Exceptional" Surprise
By Inara | May 8th, 2007Lyon's "Formula One" car has lately morphed into a Formula 3000, and the supporters are not happy. Not only have Lyon not been winning, but ...
Barcelona Play Mind Games with Lyon, More Rumors
By Inara | May 7th, 2007Because 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 ...
The Attackers Curse
By Inara | May 7th, 2007I was never one to believe in curses, but after watching the injuries pile up by the day, I'm convinced that someone has a voodoo ...
Tiago's Family Grows Bigger
By Inara | May 5th, 2007While his team was busy playing an ineffective game against PSG this afternoon (more on that tomorrow), Tiago and his wife Barbara were in Portugal ...
Jeremy Toulalan Wants to Give Us Pleasure
By Inara | May 4th, 2007When I first read the title of this google translation, I thought that Lyon midfielder Jeremy Toulalan was considering a career as a hustler (that ...
Rumors, Rumors, Everywhere!
By Inara | May 3rd, 2007This time of the year is confusing for everyone because each "source" spins a different tale regarding player transfers. Since no one at Lyon is ...
Lyon likes Juventus Manager Didier Deschamps
By Inara | April 30th, 2007Not only do the French press think that Lyon's entire senior team will leave this summer, but they are also absolutely convinced that manager Gerard ...
Lyon FINALLY win in Style
By Inara | April 28th, 2007After 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?
By Inara | April 28th, 2007This 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.
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 ...
Hungover Lyon celebrates sixth title with another scoreless draw
By Inara | April 22nd, 2007Because 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
By Inara | April 21st, 2007Lyon 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
By Inara | April 21st, 2007Auxerre 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 ...
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