The Most Expensive Signing in Lyon's History

This might come as a surprise to some, but according to Lyon, Abdul Kader Keita is now Lyon's most expensive signing, at €18million. In a ...

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 ...

Lyon's Pre-Season and 2007/2008 Schedule

It's not entirely fixed yet, but so far, Lyon's schedule this summer looks pretty busy. If you're a Les Gones fan near any of these ...

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 ...

Lyon in Peace Cup

This July, Lyon will be taking part in Korea's biannual Peace Cup. This is a great opportunity for the players to injure themselves stay in ...

Crapello Likes Abidal

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 ...

In addition to Simao, Lyon also want Klose

The footy tabloids make up crazier stories by the day. Not only do Lyon want to recruit Simao to take Malouda's place, but apparently, they ...

Simao to replace Malouda? LOL.

MALOUDA 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

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 ...

Coupet Suffers "Mysterious" Injury...Again

A day after the France - Ukraine match, reports circulated that Gregory Coupet had to drop out of the squad due to an "unspecified" injury. ...

Build Your Own Team

I'm a never ending list of complaints, aren't I? I was just thinking about how all I do is force feed you guys my opinions. ...

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 ...

The season is over but international duty isn’t

Ligue 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

In 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

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 ...

Lyonopoly: Game Over?

It's the end of the Ligue 1 season, and a quick glance at the table reveals what nearly everyone has been expecting since last August ...

Who Will Replace Houllier?

The 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

A 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!!!!

OMG. 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

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 ...

French Supercup Could Take Place in China

We 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

And 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!

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 ...

Just Shut Up, Please

As 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

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 ...

Houllier on His Way to Newcastle?

Gerard Houllier has been subject to a lot of rumors recently, more so than even Franck Ribery. Despite winning Lyon another title, his failures in ...