On July 3, 2017, French media Foot Mercato reporter Santi Aouna broke the news on its Twitter that Atletico Madrid hopes to negotiate with Lyon on the extension of the lease contract of French striker Moussa Dembele, and proposed to add a new buyout clause to the loan contract.
It is reported that Atletico manager Simeone is very appreciative of Moussa Dembele, and in June he expressed to the club executives that he wanted to keep the Lyon loaner; not only that, atletico's players including Cork, Oblak, Savage and Lemar also have a good relationship with Dembele; Dembele himself is willing to stay and play at Atletico.
Lyon are open to continuing to loan Dembele, but have previously insisted on fixing the amount of the buyout clause in the player's lease at 33.5 million euros, which is an unaffordable price for the "Bedslate Army", which has now suffered heavy economic losses due to the epidemic. Therefore, driving down the buyout price may become the focus of Atletico's negotiations with Lyon.
(Editor: Yao Fan)
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