In its edition of the day, the team made some revelations as to the situation of Olympique Lyonnais, which awaits the DNCG decision.
Olympique Lyonnais and its supporters hold their breath. It is this Thursday, July 10, that the future of the club will be decided. While it is going through a complicated situation, due to its financial difficulties, OL is awaiting the final decision of the DNCG to know if it will evolve in Ligue 1 next season or if it will be demoted in Ligue 2.
In order to avoid the disaster scenario,
The new management of Olympique Lyonnais, led by the duo Michele Kang – Michael Gerlinger, must find 200 million euros In order to convince the gendarme of French football to let the seven -time French champion evolve in the elite. After having formalized the sales of Rayan Cherki, Saïd Benrahma, Johann Lepenant and the departure of Alexandre Lacazette, the Rhone club must still disgorge its workforce in order to recover liquidity and reduce its payroll.
In an article published by The team This Monday, we learn that the club could still lose ten players. It could be Lucas Perri, George Mikautazze, Malick Fofana, Thiago Almada, Duje Caleta-Car, Nemanja Matic, Jordan Veretout, Adryelson, Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Corentin Tolisso.
Botafogo transactions funded by OL
But the revelations do not stop there. The French sports daily reveals that the execrable financial situation of Olympique Lyonnais is due to the mismanagement of John Textor, the now former president of the Rhone club. The American would have used OL accounts to finance certain Botafogo transactions.
Olympique Lyonnais would have paid 54 players last season when he used a thirty. We also learn that OL would have bought three players who would never have played with the Gones for a sum of 91 million euros. It would be Igor Jesus, Jair Cunha and Luiz Henrique. Expenditure that enabled the Brazilian club to win the Libertarian COPA in 2024 and the Brasileirao Betano the same year, but which plunge the residents of Groupama Stadium in a more than delicate situation.
