Thanks to an impressive rise in the standings last season, OL secured a miraculous qualification for the Europa League. A good way to replenish the coffers of the Rhone club.
Sportingly, qualifying for the Europa League is excellent news for Olympique Lyonnais, especially since the Rhone club has built a plethora of players, which should allow Pierre Sage to juggle between the European Cup and the championship. The Gones will face Olympiakos, Besiktas, Frankfurt, Ludogorets, Glasgow Rangers, Hoffenheim, Qarabag and Fenerbahçe in the league phase which will be tough. Great matches will be on the agenda, both at the Groupama Stadium and away for the most motivated supporters. Beyond the sporting and emotional aspect of playing in a European competition, this Europa League campaign should allow OL to replenish its coffers, as the Olympique et Lyonnais website reports.
The media specializing in news about the Rhone club informs us a week before the start of the competition that the participation bonus amounts to, for example, 4.3 ME, a sum that John Textor’s club is already certain to receive. To this must be added high performance bonuses since a victory in a Europa League match automatically brings in 450,000 euros and a draw 150,000 euros. Interesting gains for a club like OL, which has significant expenses, whether in terms of the club’s structure or the payroll.
Significant sums to be won for OL
The pro-OL media also reveals that the team that finishes first in the league phase will receive a large bonus of 2.7 ME while the team that wins the Europa League next May will receive 6 ME. Sums that must make John Textor salivate, who will not fail to motivate his troops with the idea of shining in the Europa League in order to glean some significant financial bonuses. Of course, the C3 is much less lucrative than the Champions League and its XXL bonuses, but the figures indicated above are not negligible for a club of the size of Olympique Lyonnais, quite the contrary. It is now up to the players and coach Pierre Sage to do the work to secure their ticket to the round of 16 or at worst, to the play-offs (round of 16) by finishing at worst 24th out of 36.
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