Geoffroy Garetier: “We ask ourselves the question” Is Lyon the new Bordeaux? ” The answer may be yes “

In the show Football day on Canal+ FootGeoffroy Garetier, Consultant, spoke on the current situation of Olympique Lyonnais, which accuses colossal debts of the order of 540 million euros. The subject was: Lyon by the abyss.

“The famous chasm is a debt of 540 million euros, that is to say twice and a half times the turnover of the club, which is considerable. And there is no income prospect. The club had to go back to the stock market but it is postponed to I don’t know when. Without Champions League there will be no way to fill the deficit of the season. The sales of players who were to be made and that have not been made for the moment and sincerely we can see that it is a flight forward. We ask ourselves the question “Is Lyon the new Bordeaux?” The answer may be yes. The DNCG cannot pass the sponge, it is not possible. There was a social plan which was also implemented. It is also necessary to recall an important thing is that John Textor with his big gestures and this cowboy pace of which Nasser (Al-Khelaïfi) spoke, does not put his personal money. That’s the problem. Frank McCourt in Marseille, when there is a deficit it makes a check, textor no. These are sponsors, investment funds, lenders that allow to mop. It is a real reality and the financial circuits are hyper opaque between the different clubs. We have understood that today pigeons are Olympique Lyonnais. ”

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