West Ham United central defender Nayef Aguerd is being targeted by Lyon ahead of the January transfer deadline.
Nayef Aguerd joined West Ham from Rennes in the summer of 2022 for around £28 million (Daily Mail) and has impressed and disappointed in equal measure.
According to L’Equipe, Lyon are said to be interested in the 27-year-old Kladivar defender before the January transfer window opens.
Lyon is keen to sign some proven players this winter to avoid relegation problems and the French side is apparently also keen to sign Aguerd’s teammate Said Benrahma.
David Moyes is apparently a big fan of the Moroccan international and tried several times to sign him before finally managing to get a deal done.
Could Aguerd really move this winter? A deal seems highly unlikely …
Nayef Aguerd has been linked with a move away from West Ham:
While L’Equipe claims that Lyon want to sign the Moroccan, it is clear that the French side are aware that it will be very difficult to conclude a deal for his return to Ligue 1 in January.
Although Aguerd is sometimes very error-prone, his speed of recovery has a big impact on our style of play and allows us to penetrate higher up the pitch.
When he’s not playing, we get much deeper in defence, which allows our opponents to attack us.
However, as mentioned before, he can make mistakes almost every time he plays, so it will be very interesting to see whether Moyes thinks he can upgrade the 27-year-old if Lyon really come knocking for him in the winter.
Lyon have a real tradition in France, having won the Ligue 1 title seven times, and from 2001/2002 to 2007/2008 they won all those titles consecutively.
However, they are struggling at the bottom of the table at the moment and I’m really not sure that Nayef Aguerd would be willing to leave West Ham to join a club in the same position as Lyon.
I also don’t think Moyes would be willing to sell him, but only time will tell whether that is true or not.