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Georges Mikautadze is no longer a Messin. The Georgian international signed for his new club this Thursday.
All the lights were green, so it was only natural that Georges Mikautadze was able to initial his commitment to OL this Thursday morning. Information revealed by L’Equipe journalist Hugo Guillemet, then confirmed at the end of the day by an official press release from Les Gones.
Arriving in the capital of Gaul on Tuesday, the Georgian international striker – who has appeared so brilliant in recent weeks at the Euro, with three goals to his name, the best performance of the tournament with Harry Kane (England), Cody Gakpo (Netherlands), Jamal Musiala (Germany), Ivan Schranz (Slovakia) and Dani Olmo (Spain) – successfully passed his medical on Wednesday.
Back home
The interested party was thus able to sign a four-year contract with OL – the club which contributed to his training for seven years, between 2008 and 2015, before being sidelined and led to complete his training at Saint-Priest then Metz. Born in the Gerland district in October 2000, Georges Mikautadze proudly wore the colours of OL until he was 15 years old before joining Saint-Priest, then FC Metz. With the Lorraine club, he played 64 matches in all competitions, scoring an impressive total of 38 goals (13 assists) “, the Lyonnais said in a press release.
Bought from Ajax this off-season for 13 million euros, after an inconclusive transfer and six months on loan at the Moselle home, Georges Mikautadze leaves the Grenats leaving them with a nice capital gain – compensation of 18.5 million euros, plus 4.5 million in maximum bonuses, ” as well as an interest in a possible future transfer of up to, where applicable, 1 million euros and 15% on the capital gain that would be generated “Let us recall that AS Monaco had offered more to reach an agreement with the Metz management but without attracting Willy Sagnol’s protégé.
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