Messino Georges Mikautadze stays in Ligue 1 and has symptoms of Olympique Lyonnais for avoiding 18. 5 million euros
FC Metz’s Georgian foreign striker (L2) Georges Mikautadze, who stood out during the last European Championship, signed a four-year contract, until 2028, with Lyon, where he was transferred for €18. 5 million, OL announced. The transfer concluded with the Ligue 2 club also provides for bonuses of up to 4. 5 million euros, as well as an incentive for a possible long-term transfer, of up to one million euros and 15% on the possible capital gain on resale, the Rhône club specifies. where Mikautadze, born in the Lyon district of Gerland in 2000, studied until he was 15 years old.
Mikautadze, 23, who has made 29 appearances for the Georgian national team (13 goals) since March 2021, is coming off a successful Euro Cup in which the Georgians reached the round of 16 in their first participation, eliminated by Spain (4 -1), the eventual winners. He finished the festival as the top scorer with three and adding two goals (one assist) in four games.
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In this respect, Lyon had not waited for the European Championship to take a position, but had initiated contacts with the player for several months, Damant, the pawn in the house directly in Monaco, who first seemed to be joined by Georges Mikautadze. Lens had also expressed interest.
At the time, OL had good expectations in the short and long term. Within his squad, the Georgian foreigner will update Alexandre Lacazette (33) at the forefront of the attack, especially in August because the Lyon captain, who rejected a golden bridge presented through a Saudi club, will play at the Olimpico. Matches with Les Bleuets (26 July-11 August).
You will then be entitled to deferred vacation and adequate preparation. Therefore, he will be at the end of his contract next June. In September, Lyon coach Pierre Sage will have to find the right organization to mix the two scorers, while the Rhône club will return to Europe with the Europa League, after having conquered sixth place at the end of the season pass.
After starting at FC Gerland (2007-2008), Mikautadze temporarily went through Olympique Lyonnais, where he played in the youth groups until 2015. He then joined AS Saint-Priest (2015-2017), a smart education club in Lyon. a domain where Nabil Fekir also developed, before joining Metz in 2017, where he signed his first professional contract in 2019 after starting in Ligue 1.
In 2020-2021 and 2021-2022, Mikautadze was loaned to RFC Seraing, a Belgian club owned by FC Metz in the 2nd and then in the 1st division (57 games, 36 goals). Back at the Metz club in Ligue 2 for 2022 -In the 2023 season, he contributed to the Lorraine team’s return to the elite before being transferred to raise millions of euros at Ajax Amsterdam last summer.
He had signed a five-year contract even without being able to impose himself before returning to Metz in the form of a loan with an option to buy for thirteen million euros. This had been lifted with a contract until 2028, after having done a good part of last season (19 games, 12 goals, 3 assists) without being able to allow his team to remain in Ligue 1, defeated in the play-off against to Saint-Etienne. .
With Metz he scored a total of 38 goals (13 assists) in 64 games in all competitions. Georges Mikautadze joined the Lyon squad on July 27 after returning from his recent season with the team in Austria.
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