Near the end of year 2022, US-led Eagle Football investment fund completed Lyon purchase. That action could finally mean that once most successful club in France (7 consecutive Ligue 1 titles) will start to invest, rather than sell its young perspective players, like it was the case in recent years (Lucas Paqueta, Bruno Guimaraes). But so far, Lyon is filling the media pages due to its sells, not buys. Two latest transfer rumors are concerning their perspective players Malo Gusto (Chelsea) and Rayan Cherki (PSG) along with Jeff Reine-Adelaide (Seville) but one player is certainly gone.🚨 TRANSFERTKarl Toko-Ekambi devrait rejoindre le Stade Rennais en prêt pendant 6 mois 🔴⚫️ pic.twitter.com/1X9SS5fpBg— CANAL+ Foot (@CanalplusFoot) January 23, 2023 Cameroon forward Karl Toko-Ekambi has officially joined Rennes on loan until the end of the season. The 30-year-old has scored four goals this season for a Lyon team struggling despite the recent appointment as coach of former France boss Laurent Blanc. His arrival in Brittany boosts a Rennes side who are fifth in the table but have lost top scorer Martin Terrier for the rest of the season to a serious knee injury. Lyon said they would receive 1.5 million euros plus a potential one million more in bonuses as a loan fee for a player who featured for Cameroon at the recent World Cup in Qatar and in the side that won the Africa Cup of Nations in 2017.PSG woke up at the end of the transfer window – first offer for Rayan Cherki sentThe decision is understandable, considering that the Cameroonian (30) has scored only four games in 19 appearances this season, and the fact that the fans turned out against him didn’t help either, but rather speed up his departure.”He is able to play on the side, he is able to play in the middle, he is able to play in several systems. I know he has had a difficult time at Lyon, I know the context and I tell myself that in a more reassuring context and where he will be more confident, we can raise him well. He fills in a lot of boxes that correspond to what we are looking for. He is a player who knows Ligue 1 and who has experience” said Rennes coach Bruno Genesio, obviously happy with his new player.##NAJAVA_MECA_6972108##
