John Textor is not yet pariah in the same proportions as Gérard Lopez in Bordeaux or Rani Assaf in Nîmes, but the American undoubtedly does not rock illusions. With regard to the catastrophic situation in which he attracted OL, administratively demoted in Ligue 2 on Tuesday (the club can still appeal), he knows the disenchantment that a whole city now has. Yesterday, the Bad Gones had invested the streets of Lyon to express their indignation following all these false promises of the American.
«Textor dehors»could we read on banners deployed everywhere, from the outskirts of the Groupama Stadium, at the Rocade is, passing by the surroundings of the Basilica of Fourvière and the bridges that span the Rhône and the Saône. They had also castigated the boss of the club through a scathing press release: “This Botafogo supporter must now disappear from the Lyon landscape”could we read, when club legends, like Sidney Govou, spoke in turn: “Again, John Textor has smoked us. It doesn't happen. It is a beautiful speaker, always beautiful words but, on arrival, the acts do not follow ”said the former French international.
Textor gets ripped
Two nights have passed, but even an eternal sleep will not haunt the wounds on the side of Lyon. The words collected by The team With former club glories, and even supporters, say a lot about the gaping fracture. “I was very surprised that the Textor cowboy failed to provide the necessary guarantees. Mr. Aulas has taken years to rebuild this club and to make it reach a super European level, and there, all of a sudden, a foreign investor breaks everything that has been built for so long ”declares for example the former player of the club Jean-Marc Chanelet, champion of France in 2002 and 2003.
“They killed the training center, they sold women's football, they sold the room next to it. Everything that was profitable, they cut it into rings … “adds Raymond Domenech, who had worked at the birth of the Grand Ol in the 80s. “If Textor passed here, I don't know what I would tear him away, but he would not leave in whole”also declares a supporter interviewed by The teamwhile another claims that Textor “Part of himself». Yesterday, on the occasion of the funeral of Bernard Lacombe, Jean-Michel Aulas also split a moving speech, and with messages: “You, Bernard, you have never played a role, you played values, and these values, today, we need it at OL, we need it in French football too. At OL, we need figures that bring together, sincere voices, solid commitments, no division. ”
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