Ligue 1 giants Lyon are reportedly involved in making an supply for Crystal Palace centre again Mamadou Sakho.
According to French information web site Le Progres - by way of HLTCO - Les Gones hope to agree a cope with Palace for the previous Paris Saint-Germain and Liverpool defender, whose excellent performances final season had been a main issue within the London facet's Premier League survival.
It appears extraordinarily unlikely that Palace supervisor Roy Hodgson or chairman Steve Parish shall be keen to let the 28-year-old depart Selhurst Park nevertheless - particularly seeing as Sakho's present contract with the membership doesn't expire till 2021.
Nevertheless, Lyon might probably flip the France worldwide's head with the supply of Champions League soccer subsequent season, having completed in third place in Ligue 1 behind Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco.
Losing Sakho would probably be perceived as a devastating blow by Palace followers, who've seen the Frenchman kind a extremely efficient partnership with James Tomkins in central defence. In reality, the Eagles didn't lose any of the 15 matches during which Sakho and Tomkins began collectively.
Many would argue that the Frenchman's shows final season merited inclusion in France's squad for the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Russia, somewhat than a mere place on the standby listing.
Nevertheless, some Liverpool followers could also be shocked by Lyon's curiosity within the centre again - for all his defensive qualities, Sakho didn't all the time present the technical assurance anticipated at Champions League degree and made some excessive profile errors for the Reds earlier than heading for Selhurst Park.