Lyon on a mission to land Adams
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - JULY 07: Thaakir Abrahams of the Sharks fails to make the tackle to prevent Josh Adams of the British & Irish Lions from scoring a try at Emirates Airline Park on July 7, 2021 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo by MB Media/Getty Images)
Lyon are confident that they are close to reaching a deal with the WRU that will see Wales and Lions winger Josh Adams, above, move to France next season.
Adams still has another two years left to run in his contract with the WRU, but Lyon have been trying for months to find a way of striking an agreement to land their top transfer target.
Blindside understands that they had more talks with Cardiff bosses over the last couple of weeks to strike a deal on compensation, and that deal for Swansea-born Adams, 27, is in sight.
Adams wouldn't have qualified to have kept his place in Warren Gatland's squad under the old 60-cap rule but could be one of the first to take advantage of the new 25-cap threshold.
The rule change could make it easier for Gloucester to keep Welsh flyer Louis Rees-Zammit, above, at Kingsholm when his deal runs out at the end of next season.
