Lyon sign Belgian forward Lois Openda from Juventus on season-long loan

[p]The Belgium international returns to Ligue 1, where he previously made a huge impact by scoring 21 league goals for RC Lens in the 2022/23 season.[/p][p]His impressive campaign earned him a €50 million move to RB Leipzig in 2023. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/openda-lois/IN2MK7Jo/"]Openda[/a] later pushed for an exit and joined [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/juventus/C06aJvIB/"]Juventus[/a] on loan, with the Italian giants triggering a €42 million obligation to buy on July 1st.[/p][embed guid="41883591-6271-4c6c-aa5f-41c59ebe5391" url="https://x.com/OL_English/status/2082148057492144628" social-type="twitter" /][p]However, the 26-year-old struggled in Turin, scoring just twice in all competitions last season. He now moves to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lyon/2akflumR/"]Lyon[/a] hoping to revive his career after missing out on Rudi Garcia’s Belgium squad for the 2026 World Cup. [/p][p]Lyon needed a new striker following [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/endrick/bXHrpEJ4/"]Endrick[/a]’s return to Real Madrid and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/yaremchuk-roman/vuhK9J78/"]Roman Yaremchuk[/a]’s option-to-buy not being activated.[/p][image alt="Openda's 25/26 Serie A numbers" id="74789e26-c77c-4c21-954d-fe9ed9cc4b45" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="99b90a29-66a7-468d-99f4-2f2c3ae6874e" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/news/transfer-news-live-tracker-updates/8QqUWm3n/"]Follow all the transfer news and rumours here.[/a][/b][/p]