Olympique Lyonnais is targeted by Décines town hall. The reason is simple, according to Progress Jonh Textor, the president of the club, did not pay his suppliers (many in the region) in the food, security, maintenance, entertainment and tax sectors. The Rhone daily announces that he owes 20 million euros.
And in the columns of this media, Laurence Fautra, mayor of Décines, a city in the Lyon metropolis, showed his annoyance: “With public money, we don’t do what we want. » She continues: “ Staff are made available, costs are incurred and Eagle (la holding du club) has to reimburse us for things. »
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“New debts will have to be collected”
It targets payment deadlines which have not been respected, in particular for the 2023 property tax, subject to regulation by the Public Treasury. Although this problem has been almost completely resolved, “A month ago, this was not the case, but today, it has been partially regularized”Laurence Fautra seems worried about the rest of the exchanges. “We are in the process of issuing the 2024 revenue title. New debts will arrive and will need to be collected. »
While she “never had any payment problems” with Textor’s predecessor, Jean-Michel Aulas, the Marie de Décines seeks the source of this problem, without finding excuses for it either. “The uncertainty can also be linked to personnel changes, but we have made it clear to these gentlemen that we do not play with public money, otherwise the Public Treasury will make seizures. »
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In a press release dated September 23, Eagle Football Group recognized “cash flow difficulties in recent weeks”.
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