Exceptional guest of the show Rothen ignites on RMC, an interview broadcast from 6 p.m. this Monday, January 13, John Textor talks about Jean-Michel Aulas, his predecessor at the head of OL. Always in a direct style.
The football world has understood this for a while: John Textor and Jean-Michel Aulas will not go on vacation together, to use the established formula. While the American bought OL from its historic owner in 2022, the relationship between the two men gradually deteriorated.
In an interview with the media Carré, Aulas, sidelined from the presidency of OL in May 2023, had recently listed his grievances against Textor. “JMA” notably criticized Textor for having sold the OL women's section. While ensuring that he was not his first choice, he described the American as someone “quite elusive in terms of logic”, who would “not really be a business leader”.
Exceptional guest of the show Rothen ignites on RMC, an interview broadcast this Monday January 13 from 6 p.m., John Textor responded to the comments of his predecessor at the head of OL. “Everyone can watch this interview and form their own opinion. For me, it is not an honest interview. I was very disappointed, especially since we had agreed with Jean-Michel Aulas to make a clean slate of the past… Obviously, he has not turned the page”, first laments the American businessman. Before responding point by point to Aulas's attacks.
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“Maybe we’ll meet up for a glass of wine.”
“He said I didn't know much about football, but I kissed some nice trophies in South America, so I must actually not know much about it… He said I wasn't a manager but I've built several companies worth billions He said I wasn't the first choice but the guy who was couldn't bring in the money I'm sure Jean-Michel Aulas has. had more than one opportunity to buy the club before even the process which led to my arrival Moreover, Arctos, the fund which bought part of PSG, was Jean-Michel's favorite to buy OL with him. .”
“I am disappointed with his interview,” insists Textor on RMC.
“Saying that I'm not a good manager, not a good person, that sure doesn't help much. But I'm doing my best with OL, we're well ranked in the league and in the Europa League. League. I am also doing everything in my power to ask the French authorities that our playing field follows European laws in order to have a fair competition for everyone here. Maybe we will meet again. a glass of wine with Jean-Michel to talk about this interview. But he has to put the past behind him. I was invited to buy this club, and I am helping this club. We are in the Europa League and we are going to return to the Champions League.
“I am given different treatment compared to Aulas”
Apart from their dispute, Textor also cites Aulas to illustrate the difference in treatment of which he believes he is a victim in the DNCG case. As a reminder, the financial policeman of French football has temporarily decided to administratively downgrade OL because of its financial problems. The Rhone club is also prohibited from recruiting during this winter transfer window.
“A few months before my arrival in November 2022, I remember that OL needed an injection of 86 million euros from me, without which the club would have been insolvent,” recalls Textor in Rothen ignites. “However, at the time, the DNCG had not authorized itself to issue a warning to Jean-Michel Aulas and there had been no commissioners to refuse to validate Lyon's accounts. If I had not paid these 86 million at the time, what would have happened? Lyon might have been relegated to different treatment compared to Jean-Michel Aulas was just able to make promises. For to say that everything was going to be okay, whereas no one trusts me if I make the same kind of promises.
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