Top 5 Lyon academy graduates who are shining across Europe

#4 Corentin Tolisso (Bayern Munich)

Corentin Tolisso looks like a quality long-term investment for Bayern Munich.

In the summer of 2017, Bayern Munich broke their transfer record to bring in the 22-year-old Lyon youth academy product to the Allianz Arena.

With Arturo Vidal in his 30's and Xabi Alonso retiring, Bayern needed midfield reinforcements and the Bavarian giants splashed €41.5 million for the Frenchmen and he became the most expensive player in the Bundesliga history.

He joined Lyon as a 13-year-old teenager and represented them at various youth levels before he made his debut for Les Gones in 2013. Since then, he hasn't looked back and has improved his game season by season.

He mainly operates from deep as a central midfielder and makes runs near the box to score goals from the midfield. Last season he scored 14 goals for Lyon from midfield.

This season he has already impressed with his 89% pass accuracy and he has scored 5 goals and 3 assists for Bayern Munich in all competitions including an impressive double against Paris Saint Germain in the Champions Leauge and scored the only goal away against Hamburg.

Many have hailed him as Bayern Munich's big game player who delivers in big games and he is just 23 years old. The Bayern hierarchy view him as crucial to their future plans and want to build a team with him anchoring the midfield.

He has settled very well in the Bundesliga and looks like a quality long-term investment for the German giants.