Guest of Rothen ignites on RMC this Wednesday, Pablo Longoria called for respect for each other after John Textor's comments on Nasser Al-Khelaïfi and Vincent Labrune.
Pablo Longoria does not “condon” the “lack of respect”. Guest of Rothen ignites on RMC this Wednesday, the president of OM returned in particular to the speech of John Textor in this same program on Monday, where the president of Gones attacked Nasser Al-Khelaïfi and Vincent Labrune.
“There are things John says where he is right”
John Textor had described the boss of the LFP as a “little doggy”, judging him to be subservient to the president of PSG. “It is not possible to disrespect colleagues and counterparts,” said Longoria. “You can get your messages across, agree with things and disagree with other things. But always with respect. What I don't condone is this lack of respect and this lack of football codes in behavior, in authorities and towards your colleagues.”
“Finally, and I want to say one thing, if the championship is very dependent on Paris Saint-Germain? No, the situation is as it is,” Longoria also replied, not really agreeing on this subject with Textor. “It’s also up to us, the rest of the clubs, to seek to adapt in competitiveness.”
Speaking about his vision as president of OM, Pablo Longoria nevertheless recognized that “there are things that John says where he is right”. “For me it is normal to admit that there were errors in the commercial negotiation of television rights for the French championship,” the Spanish leader took as an example. “I believe that everyone is aware of this and is experiencing the consequences of this process today.”
“I do not consider that Lyon is the team best placed to talk about fairness after the registration of Thiago Almada”
Pablo Longoria also made a request with “much more coherent regulations” for the French championship. “And this is something that I say a lot in private, in the authorities, is that we are changing the regulations on the registration of players. I am very favorable to having economic control as there is currently moment in Spain”, proposed the man who had been sporting director of FC Valencia before arriving at OM.
Taking the example of the case of Dani Olmo's registration with FC Barcelona, which is shaking up Spanish football, Pablo Longoria wants “everyone to be able to play with the same playing conditions and with the same rules”. “This is also why I do not consider that Lyon is the team best placed to seek and talk about fairness after the registration this Wednesday and the formalization of the loan of Thiago Almada,” he asked again Longoria. The playmaker arrives as a reminder to OL from Botafogo, one of John Textor's other clubs, thus circumventing the DNCG's recruitment ban.
“It raises a lot of questions about timeshares, about how to get around the laws,” added Longoria on this example of Thiago Almada. “I believe that there is now a very important legal void on the registration of players and particularly with the recruitment bans. But the question of multi-ownership is a major question that we must ask ourselves to protect the system and that we can play, all clubs, with the same rules.”
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