John Textor leaves doubt about Rayan Cherki's future

The verdict came Friday evening. The DNCG decided to regulate the payroll of Olympique Lyonnais and to prohibit it from recruiting, but above all pronounced the demotion of the club in a precautionary manner at the end of this season. Rather confident before the hearing, Lyon president John Textor was present at a press conference the day after this decision and said more about the future of the club, and in particular that of Rayan Cherki, judged to have significant market value after having extended for two more seasons a few weeks ago.

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« We lost 15 million euros in sales, but with a longer-term agreement. It has a greater value today than it did this summer. He should stay in January, but it will be his choice, as always in football. We have 29 players in the first team. Ideally, there would be 23 or 24 players. There are six players too many. Some did not leave and we wanted to recruit to be stronger in the championship. Pierre Sage must decide which player he puts on the field. We have too many players. » Other players should therefore leave OL before the Espoir international.