Mercato OL: Lacazette responds to Umtiti's appeal

Having returned to soccer this season at Lecce, where he is on loan from Barça, Samuel Umtiti (29) recently told Canal that he <a href=/news/mercato-ol-umtiti-wants-to-play-again-with-lacazette>wanted to play alongside Alexandre Lacazette again by the end of his career. This was a thinly veiled appeal to Olympique Lyonnais, to whom Lacazette returned this season, as did Corentin Tolisso.

It would be a dream to play with him again," replied Lacazette in a press conference on Thursday. He showed this season that he was back, that his body was keeping up and he proved to himself that he could do it. And it's no coincidence that several of Europe's top clubs are interested in recruiting him. And if he then decides to come back to Lyon, all the better for me and for the club. Otherwise, we'll see in the future."

"I don't even know who to talk to at the moment".

And when asked if he planned to lobby his management for Umtiti, Lacazette slipped in a smile: "I don't even know who to talk to at the moment..." It was a humorous reply, but one that reflected the uncertainty surrounding Lyon, which has been in the throes of restructuring since the recent departure of Jean-Michel Aulas and the appointment of John Textor.