At Olympique Lyonnais, temporarily relegated, John Textor struggles to save his club

Alexandre Lacazette and his teammates from Olympique Lyonnais, in Décines-Charpieu (Rhône), January 4, 2024. OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP

To know with certainty the future of Olympique Lyonnais, we will have to wait a few more months. The Rhone club will only know on May 31 if it has convinced the National Directorate of Management Control (DNCG) to lift its relegation to Ligue 2, provisionally pronounced in mid-November 2024, due to accounts in red.

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Heard on appeal, Friday January 10, before the legal commission of the French Football Federation (FFF), OL, owned by the American John Textor through Eagle Football Holding, is not yet at stake for its survival, but tries to show his good will, after the warning shot of the sanction.

Fifth in Ligue 1, two points from the podium, and in the race for direct qualification for the round of 16 of the Europa League, hopes to find a little room for maneuver this winter. If its leaders provide new convincing elements, two other sanctions imposed in first instance by the financial policeman of French football could be reduced: the total ban on recruitment and the control of the club’s payroll.

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