Pending Chelsea’s decision to bring Emerson Palmieri back to the Blues to compensate for Ben Chilwell’s injury, OL must think about an inexpensive alternative solution in the event of the European champion’s departure. It could lead to Layvin Kurzawa. According to our information, contacts have taken place between the various parties.
“We know ‘Em’ (Emerson) and we like him as a player and as a person. Even though he didn’t have a lot of playing time last season, he has a big influence because he’s a fantastic guy and a great professional. He’s still a Chelsea player, but it’s not just what we want, we have to assess the situation. We are looking for this position and it is one of our options. ” Asked by the press about a possible return of Emerson Palmieri to Chelsea this winter, Thomas Tuchel clearly opened the door to this option. As for the player, who feels good between Saône and Rhône, he will not have a say anyway since he still belongs to the London club.
A real blow for OL who had not foreseen this situation at all, namely to manage the departure of a loaned player in the middle of winter, a situation which, let’s face it, is extremely rare. For the moment, nothing indicates that the Italian European champion will return to the Blues, but the month of January is very long and the club chaired by Jean-Michel Aulas must anticipate a departure of its titular left side , especially since there are not many alternative solutions.
Contact between Layvin Kurzawa’s entourage and OL
According to our information, Lyon is increasing the number of avenues and is considering a former summer target to strengthen itself, namely a certain Layvin Kurzawa. The international tricolor (13 caps – 1 goal), is currently moping at PSG and has played only one game this season with Paris, against LOSC at the Champions Trophy last August (0-1). If he enjoys a very comfortable salary (around € 450,000 per month), the lack of playing time is starting to weigh heavily on the 29-year-old Monegasque who would not be against a departure.
Not at all in Mauricio Pochettino’s plans, he had been placed on the list of potential winter starters of the capital club. But things do not really move for Kurzawa, despite some contacts in England on the side of Aston Villa and West Ham and in Italy, on the side of Napoli, Inter Milan and Lazio Rome. Still, according to our information, a contact took place recently between the seven-time champions of France and the entourage of Layvin Kurzawa to test the waters. There is no doubt that PSG would not take a dim view of the departure of the very expensive Kurzawa, even on a six-month loan.
It must be said that the different parties know each other well. The Parisian left side was one of OL’s favorite summer targets to strengthen its left side last summer. But the player had procrastinated and Juninho and OL finally fell back on the Italian international. What if the second is the right one? One thing is certain, OL are preparing for all eventualities, including losing Emerson Palmieri this winter.
