Due to economic sanctions, an agreement between the French club Lyon and Renato Tapia has been put on hold.

For now, Renato Tapia is in Italy, doing preseason with Celta de Vigo. Undoubtedly, the future of the midfielder of the Peruvian National Team is still a question mark. What happened? More than one thought that the midfielder of the Peruvian National Team was going to be with Olympique de Lyon: the four-year agreement and five million euros were already ready; however, in the last hours a new chapter appeared around the French club. It turns out that there is an economic sanction to the institution of Lyon, which would freeze the transaction.

According to the media L' Équipe, the measures taken by the National Directorate of Management Control, better known as the fiscal police in French football, would affect the transfer of the player from the Peruvian National Team, preventing the signing from being finalized. What happened?

The French entity applied a "“supervision of salary mass and transfer fees”" to Olympique de Lyon, according to the Ligue 1 report. This measure limits the club's margin of expenses in the transfer market, although it does not prohibit new signings. In Renato Tapia's case, this punishment would limit the amounts to be negotiated with the Spanish institution, weakening their offer for the midfielder.

At the moment, the player has resumed training with Celta de Vigo and does not rule out continuing in the club led by Rafa Benitez to fulfill his last year of contract. The reason? There are a few weeks left for him to obtain Spanish nationality, which would complicate his arrival at the French club. In the coming days, it will be known if the agreement will be put on hold or if negotiations will resume.

How did the offer for Tapia come about?

Depor contacted journalists who closely follow the news of the 'Leones' to get more details about this operation and, especially, to discover how the interest of Olympique de Lyon, seven-time champion of French football, in our midfielder arose. This is how they reached one person: Matthieu Louis-Jean.

The recently appointed head of scouting of the French club, during the club's restructuring, was key in contacting the national midfielder. The first season that the 'Cabezón' had with the Galician club caught Matthieu's attention, so they did not hesitate to contact him, given the need for a midfielder with defensive characteristics.

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