Guest of Rothen ignites this Monday, John Textor obviously had scores to settle. After revealing that he would not sell players to Nasser Al-Khelaïfi until they had buried the hatchet, the boss of Olympique Lyonnais was not kind to Vincent Labrune either. For him, the president of the LFP is quite simply the “doggie” of that of the PSG: “I was completely shocked because we talked about TV rights and the president of the League, who was supposed to lead the debates, said almost nothing. It was Nasser who led the debates, even though he should not have even been present, as the boss of a television channel directly involved (beIN Sports, Editor's note) in the debates.“
Textor gets the Labrune “dog”!
He then continued: “If there was a discordant voice, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi 'barked' at that person, there was a lot of intimidation too. The president of the League sat without saying anything like a little 'dog'. The League is in a crazy way dominated by this man. And I wasn't aware of that. PSG's influence on the League and even the DNCG is something worth taking a closer look at” he said before expressing a desire for the financial policeman of French football: “This will surely make the big boss of the DNCG fume, but there is a form of incorrectness. The DNCG must be particularly careful to maintain its independence from the League. I even think that the DNCG should not be managed by the League. The DNCG should not belong to the League.” Comments which did not fail to irritate the capital club according to Abdellah Boulma: “It’s unfortunate that class and dignity can’t be bought. This would have prevented Mr. Textor from covering himself with ridicule with outrageous and misleading remarks about our president, our club and our supporters. Let him come back to reality, and to France, to better understand this Ligue 1 which is so dear to us” a spokesperson for the Parisian club would have declared.
Finally, the American once again expressed his ambitions: “I want to build a team to be champions. When I arrived, there were three young players from our training center who wanted to leave. They were nice, I spoke with them but he spoke of OL as a training club. It was nonsense. I want players who want to play for the team and be competitive with us in the championship. If young people from our academy want to play for PSG, let them go! I want them to dream of becoming the next Juninho, Benzema or Fekir. I want to build a team to be champions. It was different. So I maintain that selling the best to PSG is not our model…“
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John Textor, the boss of Olympique Lyonnais, was in punchline mode during his appearance on Rothen ignites. Guest of Rothen ignites this Monday, John Textor obviously had scores to settle. After revealing that he would not sell players to Nasser Al-Khelaïfi until they had buried the hatchet, the boss of Olympique Lyonnais was not kind to Vincent Labrune either.
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