The vultures are ready to swoop in

[SportBoy333]

http://home.skysports.com/list.asp?hlid=321775&CPID=24&clid=&lid=11&title=Lyon+stars+attracting+interest

Dont these assclowns know that these players arent for sale ? They need to look elsewhere.

[guignol]

"some of europe's biggest clubs"... meaning OL is chopped liver? navrant...

[AllezParisAllezPSG]

lyon is not stupid... aulas isn't either... for example this summer, he knew who he was dealing w/, he knew the guy had big bucks... who else would have even though of paying HALF AS MUCH for essien... if they sell any of those guys, they will get a lot of $$$... aulas and lyon have learned over the years what to do and not what to do... they are one of the big ones now...

[guignol]

yes, it's hard to imagine a front office that bought essien for 10M€, sold him for 38M€ and replaced him for 10M€ getting bamboozled.

nobody will ever have chelsea's budget, but OL is proving now in europe what they've already proven in france: it's not what you spend but how you spend it.

grumpy OM and PSG fans saying aulas bought lyon to the top make me laugh and laugh and laugh. the opposite is true; as late as our third title in a row OL was spending less than these two, and if OL has the biggest budget now, one can say that money was earned on the field and on the negotiation table.

the same is happening in europe. OL carried out their remarkable summer on practically zero expense, despite having a warchest that was probably as tidy as anyone's except you know who's. at this rate OL will truly be at equity with the "big" clubs (who dey?) in a couple more years.