There are those who collect trophies, and there are those who collect debts and especially deficits. In Lille, supporters can slash the champagne without risking seeing the DNCG land at the party. The reason? A president who does not pretend to manage: Olivier Létang. Since arriving at the LOSC controls, the debt curve has looked like a descent of Olympic bobsleigh. We left in 2020/21 with a ball of 270.4 million euros, we finished in 2024/25 at… zero. Not a penny. Even the local banker does not believe it.
During this time, in Lyon, John Textor managed to transform a historic club into a financial sketch. Lyon supporters, they will have to be satisfied with memories of Ligue 1, while their club makes the headlines for its setbacks in front of the DNCG. In Lille, it is the perfect antithesis: tight management, smart sales, no follies on the transfer window, and above all, a transparency that would make any shareholder pale. Létang did not promise the moon, he just cleaned up, and LOSC can now look at the future without trembling.
The tastiest? See the LOSC doing better on the sporting plan since the takeover of Textor at Olympique Lyonnais, and this with management with small onions. Because in the kingdom of French football, there are those who speak of ambition, and there are those who do the accounts. In Lille, we chose the calculator while playing effective to keep the ambition of a French top 5. And frankly, it changes everything. Just professionalism on all floors.
