Andy Brassell explains how a controversial move from Bordeaux to domestic rivals Lyon, alongside a reluctance to interact with the press, has found Yoann Gourcuff out of favour with many in France
Transfers between genuine domestic rivals are never especially clean affairs, and Yoann Gourcuff’s late August move from one recent former French champion to another – Bordeaux to Lyon – is no exception. Three months on, the sensation has settled down and the man himself has started to find some form, but we’re still gathering odd bits of scattered debris from the event.