{"id":488091,"date":"2019-07-22T12:15:34","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T16:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=488091"},"modified":"2019-07-22T12:15:34","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T16:15:34","slug":"real-betis-lyon-nabil-fekir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2019\/07\/22\/real-betis-lyon-nabil-fekir\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Real Betis Sign Lyon Midfielder Nabil Fekir"},"content":{"rendered":"

Real Betis have completed the signing<\/a> of Lyon midfielder Nabil Fekir, according to L’Equipe<\/a>. The fee is believed to be around \u20ac20 million, which could include a bonus of \u20ac10 million and a resale percentage of 25%.<\/p>\n

Real Betis Sign Nabil Fekir From Lyon<\/h2>\n

Betis’ Bargain<\/h3>\n

Last summer, Fekir was involved in one of the biggest transfer sagas going as he came close to a move to Liverpool<\/a>. So close, in fact, that Fekir had already completed his first interview with the club<\/a> and the \u00a352 million deal was all set to be announced.<\/p>\n

However, the Reds pulled out in the dying seconds after fears over an old knee injury grew too big. Fekir had suffered ligament damage in his knee earlier in his career and it turned out to be something Liverpool did not want to take a risk with.<\/p>\n

Perhaps, then, that’s why Betis were able to get a much smaller fee for the player than Liverpool had agreed with Lyon. It may also signal that bigger clubs were in agreement with Liverpool and were not willing to take the risk surrounding the player’s knee.<\/p>\n

Paving the Way<\/h3>\n

Fekir’s arrival in Seville could be the catalyst for the rumoured Giovani Lo Celso move to Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> finally going through. Ben Hayward from the Evening Standard<\/a>\u00a0reports that while Spurs are keen to get a deal done, they will need to break their transfer record for the second time this summer in order to secure the Argentine.<\/p>\n

Tanguy Ndombele’s \u00a355 million move was Spurs’ previous record, but Hayward reports that they will need to fork out \u00a367 million to meet Betis’ demands. Standard Sport also say that they understand Lo Celso has told his club he wants to play Champions League football and work with Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino.<\/p>\n

Main Photo<\/p>\n

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