Diarra delighted as Lyon accept Real Madrid offer
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Real Madrid have agreed a fee with Olympique Lyon for midfielder Mahamadou Diarra.
The Ligue 1 champions made the announcement on their club website and the 25-year-old Mali international is now set to discuss personal terms with Madrid, who will reportedly pay ?17.7million.
Diarra joined Lyon from Vitesse Arnhem in 2002 and has made over 200 appearances, helping the club win four of their five consecutive Ligue 1 titles.
"I'm the happiest person in the world," the 25-year-old told Saturday's Spanish sports daily AS. "It was a dream for me to play for Real Madrid and at last I'm going to fulfil it."
Lyon were originally reported to have asked for over 35 million euros for the Mali international but Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon said they had settled for much less. "We carried out the negotiations with great professionalism," he told sports daily Marca. "We closed the deal for a figure that was considerably less than Lyon wanted."
The Ligue 1 champions made the announcement on their club website and the 25-year-old Mali international is now set to discuss personal terms with Madrid, who will reportedly pay ?17.7million.
Diarra joined Lyon from Vitesse Arnhem in 2002 and has made over 200 appearances, helping the club win four of their five consecutive Ligue 1 titles.
"I'm the happiest person in the world," the 25-year-old told Saturday's Spanish sports daily AS. "It was a dream for me to play for Real Madrid and at last I'm going to fulfil it."
Lyon were originally reported to have asked for over 35 million euros for the Mali international but Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon said they had settled for much less. "We carried out the negotiations with great professionalism," he told sports daily Marca. "We closed the deal for a figure that was considerably less than Lyon wanted."
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