Jean-Michel Aulas and John Textor (Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP)
Former president of OL, Jean-Michel Aulas today sees the club being sanctioned with relegation to Ligue 2 as a precautionary measure. Criticized on social networks, he highlighted his record, considered “exemplary”.
A control of the payroll, a ban on recruiting, but above all a demotion to Ligue 2 as a precautionary measure. Last Friday, the DNCG did not go out of its way to sanction theOL and its president John Weaver in the face of advanced accounts and figures. Going before the financial policeman of French football did not have the expected result. John Weaver Although he tried to defend himself the next day in front of the press, there was a lack of money in the Lyon coffers and he would have to find cash quickly. The American owner is not concerned about the situation, which is not the case for the Lyon environment. Jean-Michel Classes has remained silent for a week, just assuring that he did not think he would come back to play the saviors.
“The asset, both tangible and intangible, was exceptional”
Believe it or not, he is no longer in charge of the club today and the good financial health of theOL falls to Weaver. However, we cannot say that all was well at the time of the sale in December 2022. Some on social networks did not fail to wonder who was mainly responsible for the current situation between Rhône and Saône. Neither one nor two, the former president reapplied to defend his record. As in the great era, Jean-Michel Classes used his account X to recall certain facts. “The economic situation of OL has always been exemplary. Cited as a reference to UEFA, the LFP and the DNCG, to the stock market authority and always validated by its Statutory Auditors: the material assets that intangible was exceptional.”
And it is perhaps the use of the past tense at the end of this tweet which is most revealing of the current situation… Where are the assets now?
