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Atletico Madrid has taken out an option to buy loan for Moussa Dembélé

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Spanish giant Atletico Madrid submitted an official loan with an option to buy for French youth striker Moussa Dembélé on Thursday L’Équipewho dropped out of the starting XI this season with Lyon as Les Gones push for the Ligue 1 title.

Foot mercato claims that the option to buy was € 35 million plus percentage sell-off fee clauses, but football orienteering director Vincent Ponsot is not ready to accept at this time, negotiations continue. As we reported yesterday, Moussa Dembélé has also received an approach from Premier Ham West Ham United, but the player is not interested in the Hammers.

The 24-year-old’s contract with OL runs until June 2023 and the player is keen to move to Atleti and work under Diego Simeone. Manager Rudi Garcia and OL Sporting Director Juninho won’t stand in the way of the Frenchman should he want to leave, but they won’t let him go without finding a replacement.

OL has been in regular contact with Algerian international Islam Slimani, who is currently frozen in Leicester City. Slimani is interested in moving to Lyon and there is a good chance The Foxes will allow him to leave the club for free and cancel the last 6 months of his contract.

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