Pierre Sage knows that this month of January could radically change his squad. Because John Textor knows that Olympique Lyonnais must become a reasonable club again or risk seeing the DNCG carry out its threats at the end of the season.
The 2024 winter transfer window allowed OL to sign players who ultimately contributed to not only saving Lyon's place in Ligue 1, but also qualifying the club for the Europa League. A year later, Olympique Lyonnais has regained color, both in the Championship, but also on the European scene, but there is a huge problem, it is the finances of John Textor's club.
The owner of Eagle Football took a huge hit on the wrist from the DNCG, which threatened OL with being demoted to Ligue 2 if its accounts do not recover. And to achieve this, this 2025 winter transfer window will have to be marked by sales, and not the least. On this New Year's Day, Progress confirms that the American businessman is very clear on what will have to be done during the month of January, and this is not reassuring for Olympique Lyonnais.
Everything is for sale at OL
If Lyon supporters especially hope to see players on whom they no longer count leave, the regional daily does not really have good news for them.
« John Textor, who loves to play his influence by multiplying interactions with Botafogo and exchanges with clubs where he has access, adds his touch to a strategy which has not always been readable until now. OL, which must send reassuring signs in 2025, is ready to study any proposal for the entire workforce », explains Jean-François Gomez. So, the rumors that have been circulating for some time regarding Georges Mikautadze, who could be sold in January, are perhaps not that crazy in such a complicated context for Olympique Lyonnais.
