Reports in Spain say that Lyon want to sign Real Madrid striker Ruud Van Nistelrooy to replace Karim Benzema, who is going the other way.
Marca said that Les Gones were initially interested in another Dutch striker, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, but that he refused to join the French side with Milan and Manchester United reportedly interested.
The Spanish sports daily added Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas then asked his Real counterpart Florentino Perez to try to convince Van Nistelrooy, out injured for most of last season, to join the club.
The 33-year-old, who moved to Real in the summer of 2006, has said he would like to stay on at the Liga runners-up.
But he has fallen down the pecking order at the Bernabeu following the £30 million plus signing of Benzema and has been linked with a move to Tottenham Hotspur.
Van Nistelrooy underwent an operation in November 2008 on his right knee which the club said would sideline him from six to nine months.
The Dutchman has scored 45 league goals for Real, four of them last season before being injured.
The former PSV and Manchester United star was the top scorer in La Liga for 2006-07 with 25 goals in 37 matches.
The Spanish press said Perez hopes to sell most of the club's Dutch players, including Van Nistelrooy, Huntelaar, Rafael van der Vaart, Wesley Sneijder and Royston Drenthe.
Eredetileg Huntelaart akarták de õ nem akar hozzánk jönni..:S