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Rudi Garcia has led Lyon to the Champions League semi-finals while ignoring sporting director Juninho’s expensive signings
By Eric Devin for Get French Football News
Lyon beat Manchester City on Saturday night to reach the Champions League semi-finals for the second time in their history, but they remain in a very difficult position. After finishing seventh in Ligue 1 and failing to qualify for Europe for the first time in a generation, the club’s firebrand president, Jean-Michel Aulas, was so incensed by the league’s decision to truncate the 2019-20 campaign that he took them to court, chastising them in a detailed open letter along the way. Given that other major leagues managed to complete their seasons, Aulas now stands in the right. Yet the truth is that his complaints were also a distraction for a club that will have to face the music no matter when their Champions League campaign draws to a conclusion.
Lyon spent lavishly last summer by their standards – something they have not been able to do in the decade since the catastrophic purchases of Yoann Gourcuff, Ederson and Aly Cissokho left the club as poor on the pitch as on their balance sheet. The development of academy players, such as Alexandre Lacazette, Nabil Fékir and Corentin Tolisso helped them through some lean years. Continue reading...