Bertrand Traore joins Lyon from Chelsea for €10m not £15m
Contrary to our earlier report that Bertrand Traore has joined Lyon for a fee of £15m the French club through a statement confirms the fee paid was €10m.
The Burkina Faso international spent last season on loan at Ajax, scoring nine Eredisivie goals and adding a further four to help the team reach the Europa League final, where they lost 2-0 to Manchester United.
But the 21-year-old has been deemed surplus to requirements by Chelsea boss Antonio Conte and has been allowed to move on to Lyon, signing a deal until 2022.
Traore previously spent two seasons on loan at Vitesse and only made four Premier League starts for Chelsea, the most recent of which came in May 2016.
C’est désormais officiel : Bertrand Traoré est Lyonnais ! Un transfert de 10M€ pour un contrat de 5 ans pic.twitter.com/zMyUBoLn3I
— Olympique Lyonnais (@OL) June 26, 2017
Lyon are looking to strengthen a squad that finished fourth in Ligue 1 last season, missing out on qualification for the Champions League.
Coach Bruno Genesio faces a fight to hold on to star striker Alexandre Lacazette, who is a reported transfer target for Arsenal after the France international’s proposed move to Atletico Madrid fell through due to the club’s transfer ban.
