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Tributes flow for former Lyon and Bordeaux legend Bernard Lacombe

Bernard Lacombe, who has died at the age of 72, played for Lyon for nine years and returned to the club to serve executive roles over three decades. AFP - ROMAIN LAFABREGUE

Former Olympic Lyonnais supremo Jean-Michel Aulas led the tributes on Wednesday to the former Lyon, Bordeaux and France striker Bernard Lacombe, who died on Tuesday night at the age of 72.

Lacombe, who started his playing career as a 17-year-old at Lyon in 1969, returned to the club at the end of the 1980s as an executive.

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