OL must sell for €100 million!

It’s audition week in French football. While a senatorial commission is currently poking its nose into the business of the LFP, the DNCG, the financial policeman of professional clubs, has begun its traditional round table with the leaders of the various formations in recent days. And this Thursday, Olympique Lyonnais will be there.

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The Rhone club was initially scheduled to go there on June 12, but given the completion of several sales, the DNCG agreed to postpone the meeting. These sales did not concern players but assets such as the LDLC Arena, sold to Jean-Michel Aulas for €160 million, or the OL Reign women’s franchise, for €53 million. Income which is good for Lyon’s finances, but it will not be enough to convince the DNCG.

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Cherki, Caqueret and O’Brien concerned?

In fact, the daily The team reports that during its hearing scheduled for today, OL will present an action plan to the DNCG, which will include the desire to sell for nearly €100 million! A tidy sum that will be difficult to recover, especially since the last elements with high added value were sold last summer (Barcola, Lukeba). Players like Cherki, Caqueret and O’Brien are the ones likely to bring in the biggest transfer fees.

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If OL is planning so many sales, it is as much to compensate for its payroll as to anticipate the probable reduction in TV rights. The payroll is in fact still impacted by the copious salary of Alexandre Lacazette, who has decided to continue the Lyon adventure. If this provides some certainty on a sporting level, it does not make the work of management easier. As for TV rights, despite the support given to Vincent Labrune, the time has come for pessimism…