John Textor's confusing comments about Rayan Cherki

Leaking messages is definitely fashionable for Olympique Lyonnais. Remember the few tasty exchanges between John Textor and Nasser Al-Khelaïfi released in the press a few hours before the meeting between PSG and OL in Ligue 1. They highlighted the tensions between the two presidents, mainly on the strategy to follow regarding TV rights. Since then, the two men have avoided each other, and it is not the interview given by John Textor to RMC that will fix things.

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“Cherki has been wanting to leave for two, three years, he sent me a message to tell me that he really wanted to go to PSG (last season). I like Rayan, I told him he couldn't train with us if he didn't have another contract. He came back and I told him 'look how you play with it when you have a contract' but no one pushed him out with the DNCG. Finally, he stayed”he confided, this Monday evening, on RMC Sport regarding the Rayan Cherki case.

An outing that risks getting people talking…

But John Textor's official speech clashes with his own writings. Indeed, as we have seen, some particularly radical exchanges took place regarding Rayan Cherki last summer. Remember that the player trained in Lyon was close to a transfer to PSG, before favoring Borussia Dortmund, who ultimately never took action. And John Textor clearly sought to relaunch interested European clubs in unkind terms towards his own player.

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“It's the 4th of July, and I'm still listening to that little asshole you want to sign. Are you still interested? Dortmund spoke to us for the first time, and I'll be happy to go and tell them to fuck off. I just need to know if you still want the player”can we read in a WhatsApp message. The answer will please John Textor, who will respond: “I think he’s a good kid. But his entourage is made up of assholes. I will send him a message to say that Dortmund can go to hell, thank you! ». You know the rest of the series. Rayan Cherki will remain at Olympique Lyonnais and after a lean period, will once again establish himself in the eleven aligned by Pierre Sage. Not sure, however, that reading the comments made by the owner of the club enchants him, even though someone named Thiago Almada, playing in the same position, has just arrived at the club.