The Eagle Football Group, formerly OL Groupe and majority shareholder of OL, is plagued by a colossal debt which puts the club under the threat of possible relegation to Ligue 2. To compensate for this financial chasm, John Textor must sell this winter, and not just a little. Thus, after having almost completed the departure of Gift Orban to Hoffenheim, and while the DNCG had sanctioned them with a recruitment ban, the Lyonnais would be on the verge of welcoming a Brazilian international, according to information from The Team and of Globo.
Despite being sanctioned in November with a recruitment ban in the face of the club's chaotic financial situation, Lyon would indeed be on the verge of welcoming Botafogo's Brazilian international, Luiz Henrique, this winter.
The player asked to join Lyon in January!
Still according to information from The Teamit would be the player himself who asked to join the Rhone club this winter. The relations between the two clubs in the Eagle sphere, led by John Textor, would make it possible to conclude this movement in the form of a free loan, at a lower cost for OL.
In order to register this transfer, the Lyonnais will however have to hope for approval from the financial policeman of French football, the DNCG…
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