Olympique Lyonnais is counting on Thiago Almada and Luiz Henrique during this winter transfer window. But John Textor's club will not escape DNCG control over these operations.
The OL transfer window did not drag on as two players, Anthony Lopes and Gift Orban, officially left the Rhone club. But if we talk a lot about departures, the owner of Olympique Lyonnais fully intends to take advantage of multiple ownership to strengthen Pierre Sage's squad. Two players from Botafogo, another club from the Eagle Football planet, are now expected at Groupama Stadium, namely Thiago Almada, supposed to compensate for the possible departure of Rayan Cherki, and Luiz Henrique, the Brazilian right winger. Two prestigious reinforcements, but which should not be too quickly associated with OL. Because even if John Textor has made it known several times that he does not see why we could prevent him from carrying out this type of operation in his holding company, the DNCG does not see it that way.
Banned from recruiting by the National Management Control Department, which has also decided to control the payroll of Olympique Lyonnais, John Textor's club will have to have the two possible signatures of Thiago Almada and Luiz Henrique registered by this same DNCG confirmed, on X, Hugo Guillemet. Questioned by an OL supporter about this situation of the two Botafogo players, the journalist from The Team warned that Lyon could not escape going before the financial policeman of French football, which is obviously not going to suit John Textor's business.
To see if the DNCG will validate the vision that the American owner has, namely that the Eagle Football clubs form one, and that everything must be seen through this prism. The sanction taken last November confirmed that for the moment this was not the case, the DNCG not wanting to know if Botafogo's coffers are full, but just if those of OL are.
