Se queda.
Initially under contract until 2023, Anthony Lopes has agreed to extend his lease for two more years.
The 31-year-old Portuguese international goalkeeper (14 caps) is now linked to OL, his training club, until 2025, whom Peter Bosz once imagined putting in competition with André Onana.
The Cameroonian international goalkeeper of Ajax did not come in the end.
After 419 matches in the colors of Lyon, Lopes asks for more and sees himself overtaking the so-called Yves Chauveau, the second most capped goalkeeper in the history of the club with 490 matches.
The interested party also accompanies his successor in the Rhone cages in a video concocted by the club, Yves Chauveau recounting having gone from the field to the stands.
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I went the opposite way: I went from the bends to the terrain.
And today, to have been able to play 490 matches under the colors that we love so much and in any case to be able to be part of this closed circle of players who have played the most matches at OL, it is things that are close to my heart, like Coupet, (Serge) Chiesa, (Fleury) Di Nallo and you.
I hope I can raise this number as high as possible.
“says Anthony Lopes, the sixth most capped player in the history of the club, very close to Aimé Mignot and the Top 5 (425) but still far from the house record holder, Chiesa and his 541 games with OL.
Lacazette to follow
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After the return of Rémy Riou, and the successive extensions of Castello Lukeba, Bradley Barcola and Maxence Caqueret, OL are delighted to be able to continue the adventure with Anthony Lopes and are pleased with the attachment of their players trained at the club, eager to carry the Lyon project loud and clear
”, rejoices the club in a press release, a few days before the formalization of the return of Alexandre Lacazette.
Native of Givors (Rhône), Anthony Lopes participated in the conquest of Euro 2016 with the Portuguese national team.
Vice-champion of France twice (2015, 2016) and twice unfortunate finalist in the Coupe de la Ligue (2014, 2020), he has however not lifted any trophy with Olympique Lyonnais so far, he who will start in August his eleventh season with the club dear to President Aulas.
