According to information from L'Equipe, the Lyon leaders contested the DNCG sanctions and will appear before the FFF appeals committee on Friday January 10. What can we see more clearly for the rest of the transfer window?
Heavily sanctioned by the DNCG in November, OL will be able to explain themselves. Banned from recruitment and sent to Ligue 2 as a precautionary measure at the end of the season if the club does not achieve its financial projections, the Rhone club now has an appointment with the appeals committee of the French Football Federation, reports The Team.
According to the daily, OL received late (December 11) its letter of sanction issued by the financial policeman of French football, necessary to appeal, but will therefore meet this Friday to defend its case.
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Lyon's leaders – John Textor and his general director Laurent Prud'homme – will therefore be able to provide new financial elements to justify that the announced projections are reasonable. The American businessman notably promised a liquidity injection of 100 million euros before Eagle's IPO. To date, around fifteen million euros have come into the coffers.
The club has been active since the start of the transfer window, with the formalization of the sales of Jeffinho (5.3 million and 30% resale bonus) and Gift Orban (9 million+3 bonus and 7.5% resale premium). The departure of Anthony Lopes to Nantes also helped relieve the club's payroll. The potential sale of several Botafogo players (Luiz Henrique, Igor Jesus) is also good news for the leaders.
