Even if he often had John Textor in the viewfinder, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi does not intend to let OL descend in Ligue 2 and could carry out an unprecedented financial operation to avoid the worst in Lyonnais.
French champion almost every year, PSG needs competition to enhance its successes and raise the general level. However, he showed this year that he could very well reign in master on Ligue 1 and remain competitive on the European level. However, so as not to be treated as “farmers league”, the French championship needs a strong elite. And after the descents of Bordeaux and Saint-Etienne, for different reasons, the administrative relegation of Olympique Lyonnais pronounced this Tuesday evening provokes a terrible blow to the prestige of Ligue 1. And obviously, it is a concern taken seriously within PSG, where John Textor is no longer the enemy who spat on Qatar each time he had the opportunity, as was the case a year ago.
More millions in the OL boxes
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In recent weeks, the American got closer to Nasser Al-Khelaïfi and the two men have made peace. According to Le Parisien, Qatari really appreciated seeing Textor apologize for his words and showing his desire to get off on the right foot. To the point of making a big flower at OL to avoid relegation in Ligue 2? This is the strange information revealed by the ParisTeam site. The site which closely follows the news of the capital's club in fact affirms that, to allow OL to have larger equity, PSG will advance the pellet payments of the transfer of Bradley Barcola made in the summer of 2023. With the bonuses, it is a total amount of 50 million euros that OL will receive, even if a part has already been affected. Admittedly, the sums from transfers are already understood in the financial assessments of the year when the transaction took place, but they could fuel the cash in great difficulty, which was notified by the DNCG.
Indeed, as the Parisian recalls, “ The regulations require that the equity will be greater than the eligible liabilities, in other words that the club does not live under infusion. This balance would not have been sufficiently reached clearly and secure, estimates the DNCG ». In this sense, PSG can indeed help OL even if it is extremely rare to see the reimbursement deadlines for each transfer be anticipated in this way. If this were to be confirmed, it could be an important helping hand if not decisive, to help OL to seek its reintegration in Ligue 1 after the call.
