It appears that after the failed deal for Pablo Fornals that is set to go in front of FIFA in hope that the Spaniard can go to Real Betis, there could also be a meeting for West Ham United’s Saïd Benrahma, whose move to Lyon seemingly fell through at the last minute.
However, L’Equipe on Friday explain that Lyon are ‘considering an appeal to FIFA’ regarding the transfer, and there are ‘reasons to believe in a positive outcome’.
The game is not ‘totally lost’ for this transfer, because the French club can ask FIFA’s legal department for a ‘period of grace’, with a file ‘proving that everything was ready’, and that it was ‘simply a case of administrative negligence’ from the Premier League side.
Those who are familiar with this type of appeal belief it is a ‘good bet’, even if nothing is certain, but it remains Lyon’s only chance of getting the West Ham player at this stage.