Olympique Lyonnais midfielder Houssem Aouar has been highly linked with a move to Arsenal and Manchester City recently.
Aouar was highly linked with Liverpool and Barcelona in the summer, indeed he opted to stay and signed a five year contract at Lyon.
However, thundering start to 2018/19 season for Houssem has once again got some big clubs across Europe interested in getting his services, with Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola highly praising the midfielder earlier this season. After his praising words, reports in France linked him with £40 million move to Manchester City.
Unai Emery is looking to rejuvenate Arsenal and take them to ‘Where they belong’, he is targeting the 20-year-old with a view to replace Aaron Ramsey.
Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas claims ‘the door is totally closed’ for the Premier League giants to get him in January.
When Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas was asked about recent speculations, he replied:
“A departure for Houssem Aouar? The door is totally closed for our most successful hope. ‘He has come from the academy, and I think he is the future of Lyon.
‘There will be very few departures this winter. We are not planning to let the world go this summer, we want to keep our players.
‘The potential buyers will have to be convincing, they will have to have the right arguments, and I do not see many of them at the moment.”
