Houssem Aouar, 22, is one of the Lyon players who have shone in the final phase of the Lisbon Champions League. The French player of Algerian origin has as his idol Benzema , whom he knows because their families know each other since they both grew up in the same area of Lyon, and Zidane, with whom he was in Dubai in December 2019, has been following him closely for some time.
Now, Aouar se has put within range of Real Madrid. Yesterday, after the elimination of Lyon in the Champions League, Juninho Pernambucano, sports director of Olympique de Lyon, advanced that both Moussa Dembélé as Houssem Aouar they have a good chance of leaving Lyon this summer,
That has put half of Europe on alert, with Real Madrid very attentive to Aouar in case there is a possibility of signing him. Juventus is also attentive to what happens with the midfielder who once rejected Liverpool when he had not yet made his debut in Lyon's first team.
Aouar, in a combination with Memphis Depay
The signing would be around 50 million euros and I'm sure Zidane insists that if there is any real chance, Aouar ends up at the Bernabéu.