Finished laughing. UEFA will propose, according to L’Equipe, a “negotiated agreement” at Olympique Lyonnais, a term which in fact hides a series of sanctions. The club’s financial control body (ICFC) is in discussions with the club possessed by the American businessman John Textor to determine the nature of the measures taken due to his very worrying financial report.
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OL could thus receive a fine of around ten million euros, a supervision of its transfers and its payroll. Discussions took place on Wednesday at UEFA headquarters between the Lyon president and a leader of his Eagle Football Group, Michael Gerlinger. The Lyon club says to the sports daily waiting for the contours of the agreement before deciding on the subject.
-Lyon can refuse it, but this could lead to its exclusion from European cuts. Milan AC had made this choice in the past, and had been deprived of the Europa League for two seasons (2018-2020). The threat hung under the OL nose which had been excluded as a precaution of the same competition before obtaining the green light from UEFA in early February to compete in the knockout stages. Paulo Fonseca’s men were released in the quarter -finals in Manchester United while the qualification for the half stretched their arms to them.
117 million euros in loss in the second half of 2024
The Septuple Champions de France announced a deficit net result of 117 million euros in the second half of 2024. Prohibited recruitment by the National Directorate of Management Control (DNCG), the club is also under the threat of a demotion in Ligue 2 as a precaution.
Beaten (1-2) at home by Lens on Sunday, the Lyonnais have now mortgaged their chances of competing in the Champions League. A probable absence of the lucrative C1 which will still pluck the club accounts.
