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...