Often very critical of PSG and Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, OL president John Textor added a layer this Monday in an interview. And PSG's response was quick.
Since his arrival at Olympique Lyonnaisthe owner and president, John Textorregularly has in its crosshairs the PSG and its president Nasser al-Khelaïfi. The boss of Gone does not miss an opportunity to tackle his Parisian counterpart, in particular by pointing out Parisian omnipotence in football authorities. Guest of the show “Rothen s’igname”, on RMC
Sportthis Monday, John Textor added a layer, denouncing in particular the influence of 'NAK' on the president of the LFP, Vincent Labruneat the time of negotiations for TV rights: “I was shocked to see that it was Nasser who led the debates, when he should not even have been there, as the boss of a television channel directly concerned. If there was a discordant voice, Nasser barked at this person, there was a lot of intimidation. The league president sat silently, like a little puppy. There
Ligue is in a rather crazy way dominated by this man (Nasser Al-Khelaïfi). And I wasn't aware of that. The influence of PSG on the
Ligue and even on the DNCG is something worth taking a closer look at.”declared the Lyon president.
“Too bad that class and elegance cannot be bought”
Words which immediately reached the ears of the Parisian president, Nasser al-Kehlaïf. And PSG was quick to respond, in comments reported by
The Parisian : “It’s a shame that class and elegance cannot be bought because that would have helped avoid
Mr Textor to make a fool of himself through his gross and lying excesses against our President”do we slip into the entourage of
Nasser Al-Khelaïfi. “Let him return to earth, and France also, to better understand this Ligue 1 that we love so much »
The PSG also recalled that it was not the first time that he was responding to the virulent comments of the president of l’OL.
“We will not respond to any of your absurd comments and reserve the right to take legal action. However, we would like to respond to some of your most unjustified slanders which are particularly false, hypocritical and disrespectful, not only to the PSGbut also for the entire French football family. It is curious to note that all his failures are always the fault of others. It's like he's living in a parallel reality. » But, the capital club does not intend to go that far by appealing to justice, slips a manager of the club to the Parisian :
“That's exactly what he's looking for and we don't have time to waste on him.” »
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