Nicolás Tagliafico has been transferred to Olympique de Lyon for 4 million euros, according to Fabrizio Romano
The Ajax footballer has been one of the players who has always been in Barça’s orbit
The casting for the signing of a left back is still open, and FC Barcelona has just lost one of the most accessible candidates it had on the market. Nicolás Tagliafico, Ajax footballer, has reached an agreement with Olympique de Lyon for the next three seasons, according to Fabrizio Romano. The transfer will be closed around the €4 milliona fairly affordable price for a footballer who has been one of the most notorious targets in the offices of the Camp Nou.
Tagliafico He came to recognize in June that he had been very close to signing for Barça in January. Ajax asked the Barça team for four or five million, the same price that he has ended up agreeing with the French team, and from Barcelona they only offered a loan with a purchase option. The agreement was close to materializing but ended up staying in no man’s land.
The azulgrana team is focusing its efforts on the signing of Mark Alonso as a replacement for Jordi Alba and has let the Argentine escape, who was a more than viable alternative within the financial possibilities of the club. For now, plan ‘B’ in case Chelsea fails is Caio Henrique, young side of Monaco.
The Argentine had a contract with Ajax until 2023 and finally he has ended up being transferred from the club that signed him in 2018 from Independent. Last season he played a total of 29 games with the Dutch team, alternating between the position of left central and full back. He is leaving after five seasons and 167 games as ‘Ajacied’.
In lyonsthe international with the ‘Albiceleste’ will have a net salary of almost 3 million euros per season until 2025. It will be the fourth signing of Peter Bosz’s team after the arrival of Alexandre Lacazzette, Johann Lepenant and Corentin Tolisso. The club’s sports project would have convinced the player, that his 29 years will bet on a new challenge in French football.
He is expected to pass a medical with his new club this Friday and immediately join the rest of his teammates in pre-season before the Ligue 1 debut on August 5.