John Textor must explain this Saturday following the DNCG's decision to demote Olympique Lyonnais as a precautionary measure, and to ban the Rhone club from the transfer window. But the owner of OL believes that this is probably the result of chance.
Appearing very confident when he left his club's hearing by the National Directorate of Management Control, John Textor had either misunderstood what the football financial policemen or the American owner was bluffing. But the LFP press release dropped on Friday evening dampened the mood, with the DNCG deciding “ a control of the payroll and a ban on recruiting and a demotion as a precautionary measure at the end of the current sporting season. »
Yet John Textor seemed to have no real fear. “ I am confident in our figures, I am never confident in the way a regulatory body sees things “, confided the American businessman, who then mentioned “ pressures » possible places on the DNCG by “ a big club linked to Qatar “. A first missile on Paris Saint-Germain led by Nasser Al-Khelaifi, with whom he had clashed head-on during the Ligue 1 TV rights issue.
Anti-Textor conspiracy theory will struggle to explain everything
While waiting to know if Olympique Lyonnais will appeal this decision of the DNCG, which should be announced during the press conference organized this Saturday by John Textor, The Team confirms that the American will probably take a shine to Paris Saint-Germain and the power of Qatar in French football. “ Would OL, at the forefront of questioning the governance of Vincent Labrune-Nasser Al-Khelaïfi at the head of the LFP, pay for its insubordination? The thesis will undoubtedly be advanced, at least indirectly, today in Décines. But it will not be enough to hide the obvious: saving the club, or rather the economic model supported by its owners, requires a balancing act guided by multi-ownership “, notes the sports daily.
In the meantime, OL supporters are waiting for explanations other than this conspiracy theory from John Textor, who has been very strongly criticized since Friday evening and the shock announcement from the DNCG. The American owner may well have turned his club around in sporting terms, but on a financial level, he has obviously taken reckless risks, to the point of endangering Lyon. At the time when Bordeaux is playing in N2, another historic French football club is on the edge of the precipice.
