Orphan of Bradley Barcola, sold to Paris Saint-Germain for 50 million euros, Olympique Lyonnais had gone in search of an emergency winger on this final day of the transfer window.
Throughout the day, the Gones tried their luck in various files, explains the newspaper The team : Largie Ramazani (Almeria), Bryan Gil (Tottenham) or even Demarai Gray (Everton). However, none of these leads came to fruition…until a last-minute opportunity presented itself. The one leading to Diego Moreira.
At the end of his contract with his training club Benfica, the 19-year-old winger joined Chelsea this summer as a free player. Faced with stiff competition within a plethoric workforce, the Portuguese international Espoirs did not however convince Mauricio Pochettino to give him the slightest minute of play during the first three days in the Premier League and the Blues therefore started looking for a club likely to welcome him in the form of a loan.
🚨 Portuguese Chelsea winger Diego Moreira on loan at OL until the end of the season 💥🔴🔵
— Olympique Lyonnais (@OL) September 1, 2023
A movement with Jorge Mendes sauce
It will therefore ultimately be at OL, who formalized their arrival for the season this Friday evening. Francophone because born in Liège in Belgium, Moreira has a somewhat light background (only 3 pro matches during his career), but the winner of the 2022 Youth League with Benfica has a certain potential which could hatch in the Rhône, in a less competitive environment. In any case, Les Gones welcome the signing of this left winger, “lively and technical“says the official press release. On his side, The team specifies that the proximity between Jorge Mendes, the agent of the young Lusitano talent, and the owner of OL, John Textor, will have been fundamental in this file.
2023-09-01 22:25:47
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