Article by Dragoș Petrescu – published on Saturday, August 30, 2025, 20:07 / Updated on Saturday, August 30, 2025 20:13
Georges Mikautadze (24 years old) will sign with Villarreal. The Spanish club and Olympique Lyon They beat the palm, and this season, the striker Gruzin will evolve, for the first time, in the Champions League.
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Mikautadze was noticed in Euro 2024, when Georgia's national team reached the finals, which managed to mark three times at the final tournament in Germany, thus becoming one of the goalscorers of the competition.
Then followed the transfer to Lyon, where the Gruzin scored 17 times and offered 11 decisive passes in the 47 matches played for the French club in the 2024/2025 season.
Two of these goals and three of the “Assist” succeeded in front of the Romanian champion, FCSB, in the double hand in the optimals of UEFA Europa League, where those from Lyon prevailed 7-1.
Lyon sells Mikautadze for 30,000,000 euros!
His convincing benefits have attracted the attention of the teams that will evolve in the Champions League this season, and according to Fabrizio Romano, the 24 -year -old striker will sign with Villarreal. Thus, he will play for the first time in his career in the most important interclub competition in Europe.
According to the Italian journalist, the “yellow submarine” will pay Lyon 30 million euros. Also, Romano also stated that Mikautadze arrived in Spain today, and by the end of this weekend he will make the medical visit, following the formalization of the transfer to take place at the beginning of next week.
Georges Mikautadze, in a duel with Mihai Popescu (Lyon-FCSB, score 4-0) // Photo: Imago Images
Villarreal began the new season of La Liga excellently, and after the first two stages, Marcelino's band is a leader in Spain with a maximum number of points and goal of 7-0.
The “yellow submarine” found on Friday the eight opponents that will face the unique group of the Champions League. Villarreal will host “Estadio from Ceramica” on Manchester City, Juventus, Ajax and FC Copenhagen, and traveling parties will play in the company of Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen, Tottenham and Pafos.
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