Three Premier League heavyweights make the first moves for Lyon forward Rayan Cherki with Frenchman available in shock cut-price deal

Premier League clubs Liverpool, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur person reportedly made enquiries astir signing Lyon midfielder Rayan Cherki.

The French younker planetary has impressed this season, signaling 12 goals and 19 assists successful each competitions - including a stoppage clip equaliser against Manchester United successful the archetypal limb of their Europa League quarter-final.

The 21-year-old was connected the verge of joining Paris Saint-Germain last summertime earlier opting to motion a caller woody with his boyhood club.

Despite remaining astatine Lyon, Cherki hasn't shied distant from a imaginable move. 

Asked connected Sunday if helium would consciousness bully successful the PSG dressing room, helium replied: 'Oh yes absolutely, I cognize them all.

'Ousmane [Dembele] & Bradley [Barcola] are bully friends of mine. When you person bully chemistry connected the pitch, it shows disconnected off the transportation too.' 

But the Champions League finalists, who dumped Arsenal, Liverpool and Aston Villa retired of this season's competition, are nary longer funny successful his signature, putting Premier League sides successful premier position, according to Le Parisien, with the prima disposable for conscionable £19million (€22.5m).

Cherki joined Lyon successful 2010, spending 9 years successful their younker ranks, earlier making his archetypal elder quality aged 16 successful 2019.

But Lyon person suffered with fiscal issues and were handed a transportation prohibition and a provisional relegation to Ligue 2 successful January, aft reporting indebtedness of £424m (€505m).

Last summer, Fulham agreed a £16.7m woody for the winger but helium rejected the move.

Meanwhile, aged 15, helium met with Manchester United officials and was fixed a circuit of Old Trafford and Carrington. 

At the clip L’Equipe waxed lyrical of Cherki’s genius and wrote that ‘Manchester United is nether the spell of the 15-year-old player’. 

Cherki is yet to marque his elder planetary debut but was portion of Thierry Henry's under-23 broadside that won a metallic medal the Paris Olympics past summer. 

Lyon beryllium successful seventh place, 3 points down Nice, Lille and Strasbourg, with conscionable 1 fixture remaining this season. 

They were knocked retired of the Europa League aft a stunning comeback by Manchester United, who scored 3 goals successful a melodramatic last 7 minutes of other clip to triumph the necktie 7-6 connected aggregate and scope the semi-finals.