Despite the difficulties encountered during the recent summer transfer window, Olympique Lyonnais is still one of the references on the transfer market. The Rhone club is cited among the teams with the best balance between its sales and purchases over the last decade.
It is certain that Olympique Lyonnais had planned a very different transfer window this summer. The Rhone club, in the sights of the National Directorate of Management Control (DNCG), hoped to conclude more major sales in order to rebalance the balance. It must be said that John Textor’s team slacked off in its recruitment. The American businessman agreed to spend nearly 144 million euros, all without managing to collect the 100 million euros in sales promised to the financial watchdog for the 2024-2025 financial year.
The balance is absolutely not there. And yet, Olympique Lyonnais is still one of the world references in this area. The Football Observatory (CIES) has looked at the balance of clubs around the world between their spending and their revenues in the transfer window since 2015. And Lyon clearly has nothing to be ashamed of its latest failure. Indeed, the owner of Groupama Stadium, with 196 million euros in profits, has his place in the world’s top 20. Olympique Lyonnais is in 17th place, notably thanks to the transfers of players from its training center, or elements which have made it possible to realize added value.
Lille and Monaco do even better
Note that Les Gones are not the best ranked among Ligue 1 residents. Fourth in the world rankings, far behind leader Benfica (+ 816 million euros), LOSC has a positive balance sheet of 391 million euros. While AS Monaco, which appears in sixth position, presents a profit estimated at 305 million euros. Flattering results for French clubs even if Olympique Lyonnais, if it does not manage to reverse the trend, will not stay in this top 20 for very long.
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