Hello, this is my first message here on Forum. I express myself with a translation app. I apologize in advance for the mistakes and mistakes I can make in English.
I live in Lyon even though I am not a supporter of Olympique Lyonnais, so I know the player very well, I have watched a lot of his matches.
As Akliouche (Monaco), Cherki has greater potential, he is considered the greatest talent in the French Ligue 1 outside PSG. At Lyon's training center, which is one of Europe's top training centres, Cherki is considered the greatest talent since Benzema. He is spoken of as a future great player since he was 12, 13 years old, and since that young man, he has a huge pressure on his shoulders, which affected him a lot negatively, in a club in perdition (the Olympique Lyonnais) who knows the worst years of his history.
If today Cherki's price is around €30m, Akliouche (minimum 60m), it's because the club has big financial problems and heavy debts, and may go down to lower division. So he absolutely has to sell to stay in Ligue 1. he renewed his contract, and the leaders promised him to let go at a low price around twenty Millions
I read a lot of things about why big clubs didn't recruit him. Think again, some clubs have made offers, but they don't come to fruition for many reasons. Last year, he almost signed at PSG. Luis Enrique, the coach, and Luis Campos, the sporting director, enjoyed the player a lot and had a deal for him to sign it, but the player refused at the last moment and preferred BVBDortmund.
but he did not sign for Dortmund because at the last minute the German club changed coaches and unlike Edin Terzic who was sacked, and the new coach Sahin did not want the player, so to everyone's surprise the player stayed in Lyon
He turned down other offers from Premier League and European teams because he wanted a team that could play at the top.
That's a bit of clarification, if it helps answer some of your questions.