Pablo Longoria charged John Weaver and l'OL

This Wednesday, Pablo Longoria gave a long interview to RMC to discuss the controversies linked to the match between OM and Lille in the Coupe de France, but not only that. The president of OM also mentioned the recent interview with John Textor who discussed French football and pointed out its problems. The president of OL had notably attacked Nasser Al-Khelaïfi and PSG by explaining that Paris had a big influence on the LFP and had even qualified Vincent Labrune as a “little doggie”. And for Pablo Longoria, if some of Textor's complaints are legitimate, he believes that the American leader is very far from being well placed to make reproaches.

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“If I may comment on the Textor interview. There are things he says where he is right. It's normal to say that there were errors in the TV rights negotiations. Everyone experiences the consequences of this process, everyone is aware and everyone seeks to improve the product. But there is a question of form, we must respect the codes of football and it is not possible to lack respect. I do not condone disrespect. You can send messages, but always with respect. There should be no disrespect to colleagues. The situation is as it is. It is up to us to ensure that our Ligue 1 develops. We need more coherent regulations, change those on player registration, I am very favorable to economic control like in Spain. You followed the case of Barça… Let us all play with the same rules. This is why OL are in a bad position to talk about fairness when I see that today they have just registered Thiago Almada… (editor's note: OL has nevertheless been banned from recruiting by the DNCG) . It raises a lot of questions about timeshares, about how to get around the laws. I believe that there is a very important legal loophole regarding the registration of players and particularly with the recruitment bans. But multi-ownership is a major question that we must ask ourselves to protect the system”he said. This is clear.