the DNCG's response to John Textor

John Textor does not intend to let this happen. The owner of OL strongly criticized the National Directorate of Management Control (DNCG), accusing the body of not understanding his economic model after his club was sanctioned for its poor financial health. At a press conference last Saturday, he said: “For the DNCG to tell me how to run my business seems clumsy to me. At the DNCG, there are intelligent people, but they work within a system and don't want to look on a global scale what we do, the DNCG has to digest a lot of figures in a very short time and even if they are experts in their field, they are not experts on the New York Stock Exchange. – he confided.

The DNCG defended itself

In an interview with L'Équipe, the president of the DNCG, Jean-Marc Mickeler, recalled that “there is no exceptional decision for OL” and clearly explained the financial problems encountered by the club: “The DNCG listened perfectly, heard and understood what John Textor explained to it. He is convinced that when he has listed Eagle Group in the United States, sold Crystal Palace and a certain number of players, the combination of these elements will allow him to substantially improve OL's situation. But the role of the DNCG is to be skeptical of any operation that has not yet been carried out. Consequently, the DNCG imposed a ban on recruitment and a control of the payroll, while warning of the risk of demotion if John Textor's financial plans do not materialize.