Chelsea fans sent into meltdown as Nabil Fekir is mysteriously left out of Lyon squad
Many Chelsea fans are convinced the club are on the verge of their second January signing after Nabil Fekir was omitted from Lyons squad.
Maurizio Sarri has made no secret of his desire to bring in attacking reinforcements this winter, with Chelsea heavily dependent on Eden Hazard in the scoring department. Alvaro Morata and Olivier Giroud have managed only 12 league goals between them this season.
Gonzalo Higuain and Callum Wilson have both been heavily linked in recent weeks and Lyon attacking midfielder Fekir remains on Chelseas radar.
Liverpool were battling it out with Chelsea to sign Fekir ahead of the 2018/19 campaign but Jurgen Klopps side pulled the plug on a potential deal after a medical raised concerns over his right knee.
Reports suggest Chelsea are back in for Fekir and opened talks to sign the World Cup-winning Frenchman last month.
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So when Fekir was mysteriously left out of Lyons squad for their clash with Bourges Foot in the Coupe de France this weekend, Chelsea supporters began to get a little excited.
Fekir is not believed to be injured and there has been no explanation for his absence.
Unsurprisingly, Chelsea fans were quick to jump to conclusions…
Fekir left out of Lyons squad, Lozano also left out..are Chelsea about to pull off a madness
— CM (@CFCJorg) January 4, 2019
Fekir now left out of the Lyon squad and has no injuries
come on Chelsea!
— Hashim CFC (@Hashyy131) January 4, 2019
Praying Chelsea sign Fekir
— JӨЯDΛП
(was @HoeverFlair) (@DuncanFlair) January 4, 2019
BREAKING: Nabil Fékir left out of Lyons 18-man squad to face Bourges Foot in the French Cup with no explanation. HE IS NOT INJURED.
#CFC pic.twitter.com/h1Ba3aG3Bn
— Mark Stevens (@markstevens_cfc) January 4, 2019
Fekir now left out of the Lyon squad and has no injuries
— Hashim CFC (@Hashyy131) January 4, 2019
In the summer, Giroud revealed that he and Eden Hazard had talked to Nabil Fekir about the possibility of joining Chelsea.
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I spoke to him when we were together in the French national team, when his move to Liverpool fell through, the Chelsea striker told Foot Mercato.
Then we discussed Chelsea, and I even think that Eden said a couple of words to him.
We would obviously welcome him, he is a super player, but I dont know if this is something that could happen as the window closes on Thursday.
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