Two injuries, one real number nine
Paulo Fonseca laughed when a journalist asked him on Sunday whether Endrick could come back to Lyon this winter. Then he got serious about the squad he actually has.
Loïs Openda has a cracked fibula in his right leg and is out until at least the mid-November international break. Pavel Sulc was injured in training this week, a torn meniscus in his right knee, and will miss about four months. Lyon travel to Paris on Monday at 20:30 and also have the Europa League to deal with, so the depth up front is the question.
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“Maybe there will be the option”
Fonseca said he had talked with sporting director Matthieu Louis-Jean and that the club will see how the Openda and Sulc situations develop. “Maybe there will be the option of signing a striker,” he said, according to RMC Sport.
His own list of true forwards is short. He named Rémi Himbert and Alejandro Gomes Rodriguez, both 18. Himbert was brought back in the 3-0 Europa League defeat at Hoffenheim on Thursday. Gomes Rodriguez has not yet been in a senior matchday group this season.
Khalis Merah, Fonseca said, is not a striker but can play there depending on the opponent and the game. Corentin Tolisso and Noah Nartey can fill in as well. Those are stopgaps, and the coach knows it.
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