Olympique Lyonnais plays very big Thursday. After the announcement of her administrative relegation in the second division by the DNCG, the Rhone stable appeals on Thursday to convince the gendarme of French football that she has the shoulders to evolve in Ligue 1 next season. An appointment for which OL must also find 200 million euros: 100 million euros to inject into the accounts immediately, as well as an additional 100 million euros to be guaranteed for the rest of the season. And this when he has just received a big fine from UEFA.
A very complicated file to manage for the new president Michele Kang, who counts on a collaboration of other investors to reach the first 100 million euros, as well as on possible sales, like that of Lucas Perri, very coveted in England and elsewhere. This is what indicates The team This Monday, adding that Ares could take care of other 100 million euros.
54 players under contract last season
But above all, the media makes new revelations on the scabrous management of OL and the Eagle group in general by John Textor. Even if some already suspected it, the American businessman may well finance the successes of Botafogo thanks to the Lyon money. Three transfers are thus in the viewfinder. That of Igor Jesus, from Al-Shabab to Botafogo for free in the summer of 2024, from Jair Cunha recruited to Santos for 12 million euros this winter and from Henrique, torn from Betis for 16 million euros in winter 2024 and left for Zenit since.
Economic rights which would amount to 91.7 million euros in total according to the newspaper, knowing that in addition to that, Textor would have made use of factoring, a technique which allows a company to sell its invoices to another company to have money immediately instead of waiting for its customers to pay. And it was obviously OL that was injured in history. The media also stresses that the club would have had 54 salaried players under contract this season, a huge sum and which clearly does not correspond to the real Lyonnais workforce. Who are all these players? Only John Textor knows it …
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