Olympique Lyonnais challenges the DNCG's decisions on appeal

Lyon has contested the decisions taken against him by the National Directorate of Management Control (DNCG) with the appeals committee of the French Football Federation and will be heard on January 10, we learned on Sunday from sources close to the club Rhone, confirming daily information The Team.

The appeal was made in December and only concerns the financial aspect (management of the payroll, ban on recruiting) of the decision of the financial policeman of French football pronounced on November 15 and not its threat of demotion to Ligue 2, if the club did not achieve the projected financial projections.

First fundraising of €38.5 million

OL will present new elements such as the departure of their goalkeeper Anthony Lopes for Nantes, whose significant savings in salaries and expenses allows a reduction in the payroll, as well as the transfers of Jeffinho to Botafogo for 5.3 million euros and Gift Orban to Hoffenheim for 9 million euros. Other contract transfers are also planned between now and the end of January and the winter transfer window while Olympique Lyonnais will also have highly paid players at the end of their contract at the end of the season such as Alexandre Lacazette and Nicholas Tagliafico.

Finally, the Eagle Football Holding structure of which OL, Botafogo (Brazil champion) and Molenbeek (Belgian 2nd division) are part, announced on November 22 that it had completed a first fundraising of 40 million dollars (38.5 million €) carried out by UCEA Capital Partners, a company based in London. This investment comes as part of a funding round worth $100 million before its listing on the New York Stock Exchange scheduled for the first quarter of 2025.