Lyon seem to substantiate Bruno Guimaraes signing

Lyon seem to have finalised the signing of midfielder Bruno Guimaraes from Athletico Paranaense in a deal reportedly price round €25million.

The Brazilian was pictured holding a Lyon shirt alongside director of soccer Juninho in pictures uploaded to Twitter by membership president Jean-Michel Aulas.

The official Lyon account replied to the tweet, commenting: “Announce Guimaraes”.

Arsenal, Atletico Madrid and Benfica had been linked to the 22-year-old, who received the Copa Sudamericana in 2018.

@OL pic.twitter.com/KzUlzhw12n

— Jean-Michel AULAS (@JM_Aulas) January 29, 2020

Juninho reportedly travelled to Colombia, the place Guimaraes is concerned in Olympic Video games qualifying with Brazil, to seal the deal.

He’ll grow to be a part of Rudi Garcia’s squad at Lyon, who sit fifth in Ligue 1 after 21 video games.

Printed 30 Jan 2020, 05:20 IST