The situation of Anthony Lopes, pushed out of Pierre Sage’s group while he is in the last year of his contract at Lyon, is making waves. And John Textor does not escape very harsh criticism for his management of the goalkeeper.
The presence of a banner hung by the Bad Gones paying tribute to Anthony Lopes on Sunday during OL-OM was relayed by the legendary Lyon goalkeeper, and this clearly annoyed the offices of Olympique Lyonnais. While it was decided by John Textor to relegate Lopes to the stands of Groupama Stadum throughout his last year of contract, the way in which the player trained at OL is treated is making waves.
At the microphone of RMC, Christophe Dugarry confided his disgust at this way of doing things by the successor of Jean-Michel Aulas with a player who has always given everything for his training club. And when the 1998 world champion lets go, it is often very brutal. Concerning John Textor this is once again the case, Dugarry not at all liking the behavior of the American owner of Olympique Lyonnais.
Textor accused of behaving badly at OL
“ Textor is everything I hate about football, it’s horrible. Putting Anthony Lopes at number 4 means that what use is the poor guy after spending 25 years at the club. What did he do wrong (…) I don’t understand how you can be so cruel on a human level. However, I have the character of a puppy. The guy gave everything for his club, but you can’t blame the goalkeeper for everything. Textor purchased a 600ME club where there are humans. Imagine what the other players say to themselves when they see Lopes being treated like this. It resonates in the locker room and the players need to talk about it. You say to yourself “but what is this bastard? Who is this guy? Who is this cowboy? Who is this clown? “. You have no respect for a guy like that. On my worst enemy, I wouldn’t wish something like that on him. A bit of class man… », got angry Christophe Dugarry, annoyed by the behavior of the boss of Olympique Lyonnais.
