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title: "Lyon plotting £10m bid for Godfrey"
canonical: "https://readnorwich.com/2019/04/26/lyon-plotting-10m-bid-for-godfrey/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Daniel Emery"
section: "News"
published: "2019-04-26T12:15:16Z"
modified: "2019-04-26T12:15:19Z"
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# Lyon plotting £10m bid for Godfrey

Ligue 1 giants Lyon are plotting a £10m bid for Norwich City central defender Ben Godfrey ahead of the summer.

[According to Football Insider, via The Pink’Un,](https://www.pinkun.com/norwich-city/norwich-city-transfer-rumours-ben-godfrey-1-6016053) Lyon are keen to sign Godfrey and are prepared to offer £10m for the talented young defender.

Godfrey started the season at Norwich as a rotation defensive midfielder, but broke into the team as a centre-back in December – playing every minute of Norwich’s Championship campaign since.

![Nathan Stirk/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readnorwich.com/readnorwich/2019/04/1144379978.jpg)

The report claims that Lyon have been scouting Godfrey in his last five appearances for Norwich, which included him scoring a superb goal from defence against Reading in a 2-2 draw.

Manchester United and Arsenal are both said to also be interested in Godfrey, who has been one of the standout young players in the Championship during the second-half of the season.

Norwich are thought to be poised to offer Godfrey a new contract as they look to ward off potential interest.