Yesterday in the morning, the leaders of OL, led by John Textor, met at the DNCG headquarters to discuss the future of the Lyon club, which is facing enormous financial problems with a debt rising at almost 500 million euros. The Rhone residents were exposed to heavy sanctions, which fell a little later in the evening.
Bad times for Jean Michel Aulas's former club. Indeed, the Gones saw themselves yesterday, after their passage before the financial policeman of French football, sanctioned with a ban on recruitment for the next winter transfer window but also, and above all, with a demotion to Ligue 2, as a precaution. A demotion obviously subject to a financial improvement of the club. A catastrophic decision for the 7-time French champion club, to which the club's owner, John Textor, did not fail to react.
John Textor rules out relegation at the end of the season!
The American spoke in the evening to a Brazilian journalist, denying the possibility of seeing OL in Ligue 2 next season: ” Our club will not be relegated… If we don't reach our financial targets by the end of the season, we could be relegated… That's not what's going to happen.»
OL, 5th in the championship, 2 points behind OM, will therefore have to seriously downsize this winter to be able to still play in the elite next season.
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