Viktoria Plzen have reportedly agreed a deal worth up to €10 million to sell key attacker Pavel Sulc ahead of their game against Rangers next week.
The Ibrox club will take on the Czech giants in the third round of Champions League qualifying. The first leg takes place at [[Ibrox]] on Tuesday.
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Going into the game, Plzen have agreed to sell Sulc to French side Lyon, reports Fabrizio Romano. The deal could be worth up to €10m once add-ons are included.
🚨🔴🔵 Olympique Lyon agree deal to sign Pawel Sulc from Viktoria Plzen, all done. The midfielder will cost €7.5m plus add-ons up to €10m package, all agreed also on player side. OL beat an Italian club to the signing, now medical next - follows @hugoguillemet. pic.twitter.com/oMLk64kJG6
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 1, 2025
Last season, Sulc scored 20 goals and assisted 15 for his side in all competitions. In the campaign prior to that, he registered 28 goal contributions.
The 24-year-old has started this term strongly, too, scoring once and setting up a further three goals in his first four games in the Czech top flight.
He won't feature against Rangers next week, though, as he is set to move to France.
Plzen captain Matej Vydra reckons the pressure is all on Rangers ahead of the European showdown.
He said: "We'll go there to Rangers and give it a go against them for sure.
"It's really great that we're already assured of the Europa League now and we don't have to think about what will happen if we get knocked out.
"We know that the certainty of the group stages is in our hands and we can be a little more relaxed because the pressure is off.
"That could help us.
"I'm incredibly proud of this team
"We were down twice against Servette - after losing the first leg and then going 1-0 down in Switzerland, so to recover from that shows what we can do.
"The joy in the dressing room after the match was unbelievable, I've probably never experienced anything like it here."
