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September 5, 2024
Lyon said on Thursday that France midfielder Jordan Veretout (31) has joined Olympique Lyonnais on a two-year contract from fellow Ligue 1 side Olympique de Marseille for a four-million-euro transfer fee.
The signing, made outside the summer transfer window under French rules, includes bonuses of up to three million euros and a 25% sell-on clause, Lyon added.
Veretout started his senior career at Nantes before joining Aston Villa in 2015. He joined Marseille in 2022 and made 94 appearances for the club in all competitions.
Lyon, which lost its first two Ligue 1 matches before beating Strasbourg last week, will resume its campaign at Lens after the international break, while unbeaten Marseille will host Nice.
According to information published early this evening by L’Equipe, Wissam Ben Yedder (34) was taken into police custody at the end of last week in connection with a new case of sexual misconduct. He will stand trial for “sexual assault while intoxicated” on October 15th.
Wissam Ben Yedder’s case is getting worse. While an investigation into him and his brother for “rape, attempted rape and sexual assault” was opened just over a year ago, the former AS Monaco striker, who is currently without a contract, was reportedly taken into police custody last weekend, according to L’Equipe.
The French international is once again accused of sexual assault, this time while drunk by a 23-year-old woman. The incident is said to have occurred on Friday night. He is also alleged to have resisted arrest.
He will appear in court on October 15th. Time has been allowed for a psychological examination of the alleged victim.
Placed under judicial supervision, his remand in custody was rejected, but the public prosecutor has lodged an appeal.
Marseille continued their unbeaten start to the Ligue 1 campaign after winning 2-0 winners against Nice at the Orange Velodrome. This means they have not lost any of the last 18 home league matches they have gone into as favorites (W11, D7).
Marseille came into this game in fine form, finding themselves second after three games after achieving the club’s highest goal tally in 70 years. Roberto De Zerbi’s side showed no sign of slowing down, going close after just four minutes when Neal Maupay’s cutback found Luis Henrique in a dangerous position. Still, the Brazilian’s effort was saved comfortably in the center of the goal by Marcin Bulka.
After the home side’s fast start seemed to simmer down, both sides struggled to fashion goalscoring opportunities. Still, Marseille continued to dominate possession as they attempted to find the opener, which they thought they’d done with just under 10 minutes to play in the first half. Maupay found the back of the net, but the Frenchman was denied a debut goal against his former side after being ruled offside.
The forward wasn’t going to be denied that easily, though. Four minutes later, he found the net after connecting with Henrique’s lofted pass to head into the bottom-right corner from close range.
After the break, the hosts continued to play on the front foot and were rewarded eight minutes into the second half when they doubled their lead.
Henrique was involved in the goal again, but this time, the Brazilian was the goalscorer. After he collected Amine Harit’s pass on the edge of the area, he fired into the top-right corner to double the advantage.
The home side looked comfortable following their second goal. Still, Nice were handed a lifeline with 15 minutes remaining as Marseille were reduced to 10 men after Derek Cornelius was given a second yellow card for time-wasting while taking a free-kick.
The visitors needed help to capitalize on their man advantage, though. Marseille managed to see out the game to secure their first clean campaign sheet and continue their unbeaten start.
The win moves De Zerbi’s side to the top of the Ligue 1 standings ahead of PSG’s game against Brest in the late kick-off. Meanwhile, Nice sits in ninth after a tough start that has seen Les Aiglons win just one of their opening four matches (D1, L2).
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