Lyon

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Ellyes Skhiri on Lyon interest: “The timing of the offer wasn't right ... (Get French Football News)

In an interview given to L'Équipe, Köln midfielder Ellyes Skhiri has outlined his reasons for turning down a move to Lyon at the end of the January transfer ...

The Tunisian international concludes that he hopes there will be some interest at the end of his contract, in four months, and that he is ambitious about the clubs he is aiming for – “I’m not stopping myself from dreaming big.” Skhiri explains that the interest from Lyon was “flattering” coming from a club that he “likes a lot“, but that the fact he had just resumed the season with his club – “There was an urgency that didn’t suit me”. He then left for the Bundesliga in 2019 and has established himself as a regular with Köln.

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Jean-Michel Aulas denies Lyon are looking for a sporting director ... (Get French Football News)

The shake-up would in any case be dependent on the arrival of a sporting advisor – the position previously occupied former striker Bernard Lacombe, and then ...

The shake-up would in any case be dependent on the arrival of a sporting advisor – the position previously occupied former striker Bernard Lacombe, and then former manager Gérard Houllier before the latter’s passing in 2020. He has also reaffirmed his role within the club, highlighting that he has been president since 1987 and will remain so going forward. [L’Équipe](https://twitter.com/JM_Aulas/status/1623271858089914369), Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas has denied that the club is looking to bring in a sporting director, insisting that he is working directly with newly-arrived majority shareholder John Textor.

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Lyon County Commissioners found guilty of violating open meeting ... (KOLO)

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford has found the Lyon County Board of Commissioners violated the state's open meeting law.

This issue is not about Democrats vs Republicans, the idea of government that represents the people has to represent all the people, which can’t happen in secret.” “The repeated failure of our county commission to fully disclose agenda items means that residents of Lyon County were prevented from having a say in how our county was run. The AG found the board had violated those laws on four separate occasions between March and May of 2021.

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