Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas said Monday “there is no urgency at all” in completing a mooted sale of star playmaker Nabil Fekir to Liverpool.
“I do not have a rendezvous with the Liverpool directors,” Aulas said. “We are perfectly serene.
“We try always to go in the same direction as the players. We listen to them carefully,” Aulas said. “We will certainly know more after the World Cup. But for now, he’s a Lyon player.”
The 24-year-old Fekir is a Lyon native who has progressed through the club’s youth system before becoming their captain and star player.
He is part of France’s squad for the World Cup, with Les Blues due to play Ireland in a warm-up friendly on Monday.
“We are hugely proud that a natural talent we developed is in the national squad and I will be at the match tonight when he will play for France,” said Aulas. “If Nabil wishes to play in the Champions League at our Groupama Stadium next season, we will be delighted.”
Fekir scored 23 goals and had seven assists in 43 matches across competitions to lead Lyon to a third-place finish in Ligue 1 and spot in next season’s Champions League qualifiers. He has 10 France caps and one international goal.
