Olympique Lyonnais is already starting a new era. After the DNCG's decision to demot the club in Ligue 2 and while waiting for the call to come, all the Lyon people demanded the departure of John Textor. And in the process, the Rhone club announced that the American “Has resigned from his management functions in Olympique Lyonnais, including the Board of Directors” And took the opportunity to appoint Michele Kang to the post of president of the club and President and CEO.
The business woman, greatly invested in women's football and owner of the former Women's Women's club, who has become OL Lyonnes, became the first woman president of a Ligue 1 club and intends to straighten the bar. In its edition of the day, The team Take stock of the new governance of Olympique Lyonnais and assures that the new American president has already started work by chatting with the investment fund Ares and with its general manager Michael Gerlinger.
Michèle Kang will inject money
And to start her mandate, Michèle Kang will opt for a very different management of John Textor. It should keep all current management and do not want to meddle in the sportsman. Either the opposite of his predecessor, very interventionist, even outside the Mercato periods. Michèle Kang will mainly inject several tens of millions of euros in the coming days with a view to calling the DNCG decision. This will make it possible in particular to dilute the shareholding of John Textor within Eagle Group.
In addition, she has already defined a budget for recruitment for next season, still confidential, but OL can no longer assume to pay wages over 200,000 euros monthly, although Corentin Tolisso could be exempt from this rule because of its sporting importance and for the club. But Michèle Kang wants to make the maximum saving in the event of a validated passage on appeal and maintaining the Lyonnais club in Ligue 1. Thus, The team Specifies that profiles like Nemanja Matic are invited to leave as a priority in order to validate nearly 100 million euros of sale this summer. Obviously, OL will be much less competitive, but the urgency is to straighten the bar.
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