OL is preparing for a large clearance sale

Olympique Lyonnais is probably going through the most complicated period in its recent history. Driven in Ligue 2 by the DNCG for big financial galleys, the Rhone club appealed the decision and hastened to completely shake up its organization chart. The sulphurous John Textor was dismissed from the OL presidency and replaced by Michele Kang. She will be supported by Michael Gerlinger, new director general of the club in this mission. Because the club is on a mission to save itself.

It will also take much more than a change of organization chart to convince the DNCG since OL must simply find 200 million euros to stay in Ligue 1.. The club will have to immediately inject more than 100 million euros into its accounts and guarantee, at the same time, at least an additional 100 million euros for the rest of the season. A sum XXL to find in less than a week and which confirms that the club will have clearly held its finances. Because even if the club manages, miraculously to maintain itself in Ligue 1, it will no longer claim in the first places for the next few years.

A large part of the workforce concerned

According to Progressan internal source at the club revealed that Michele Kang was going “Launch an austerity plan on 3-4 years dedicating the team to play the middle of the table”in the event of maintenance in Ligue 1. The club is also preparing a big wave of departures and Michele Kang has decided to no longer have players in its workforce earning 200,000 euros per month. In this sense, Tolisso, Nuamah, Mikautadze, Veretout, Niakhaté, Matic and Almada were concerned this season. Even in the event of maintenance, difficult to see them stay in OL.

For the club, some other sales are now made to survive. Besides Cherki and Tagliafico who have already left the ship, OL hopes to bail out its boxes with the sales of Lucas Perri, Malick Fofana, Tessmann, Kumbedi and Caleta-Car. A few days ago, John Textor had presented his plan to the DNCG promising 100 million thanks to sales of players in its workforce. Whether in Ligue 1 or in Ligue 2, Lyon is therefore preparing to know a very large workforce review that will tumble the sports ambitions while the young people of the center also leave the club.