On RMC, the journalist Daniel Riolo spoke about Olympique Lyonnais, which he compared to the Girondins de Bordeaux.
“That doesn't mean that Lyon is going to die, it means that Lyon can look like Bordeaux with a worse Gérard Lopez… That means that if he finds a buyer, fine, but at what price, knowing that there is a colossal debt…”.
It remains to be seen what the DNCG will decide this Friday, since a meeting is planned for OL.
“The DNCG, as we have seen in the case of Bordeaux, can sometimes grant quite surprising generosity. This is not always a good sign because in the case of Bordeaux it did not prevent anything at all. Maybe it even complicated things and prevented someone worthy from coming forward, even if Gérard Lopez wouldn't have sold to anyone because he was so stubborn. But in this case, if anyone came along, I think John Textor would sell. Who… who can come?! Some ironically say that Jean-Michel Aulas can buy back at a low cost, or in any case come back… I don't know his state of form, does he have the desire in him, or does he has not definitively moved away from the business… […] If there is control over buyouts, this would prevent certain clubs from falling into the hands of bandits as we saw in Bordeaux. We always had the impression that the DNCG was dragging a little, that when the club is too big we think that it must say to itself 'we must not go too quickly', too big to fall”
Then, Wednesday evening, Daniel Riolo mentioned the conviction of Gérard Lopez.
“Oh well, are we blaming him for things? But no… Gérard Lopez? Did he do this kind of thing? I can't believe it… When you're caught up, it always takes a little while. I think he will appeal because he has to contest it anyway. How can anyone believe that this guy did such things, Gérard Lopez? This guy is still in football… Still in football…”
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