John Textor has all the powers at OL, and his actions for this summer will be scrutinized. For the moment, his statements greatly worry the followers of the Rhone club.
New boss of Olympique Lyonnais since this winter, John Textor is now alone in charge now that he has shown the way out to Jean-Michel Aulas. Suffice to say that the American businessman will be expected at the turn this summer, on the occasion of a transfer window which must be able to strengthen OL in order to finally be able to fight for European places, failing to openly aim the title or even the podium. For the moment, it starts slowly with a few rare leads and a recruiting manager or a sporting director who is not yet named.
OL, plan B in Eagle Football
John Textor decided to take his time as the transfer window opened. On the other hand, there is a club in the Textor galaxy, named Eagle Football, where things are moving, it’s Botafogo, which has great ambitions in Brazil and South America, and is at the top of the Brazilian championship. And it may not be a coincidence seen from Lyon, since the Rio de Janeiro club appears for the time being as a priority for Textor, and the head of the gondola of his “empire”. This is in any case clearly the feeling of Nicolas Puydebois, for whom there is still worrying information in this direction, and in particular the declaration of the American to Globo recently.
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” We plan to use Lyon to help Botafogo, to sign players from South America who will play Botafogo first. They will be bought by Lyon, but will go through Botafogo. This could be a loan or a collaborative purchase with the clubs who share the rights “, in particular launched the investor. A statement that made former OL goalkeeper Nicolas Puydebois jump.
“ It is OL who will buy players for the benefit of another club. The operation is OL invests capital and money, and then it will depend on performance. I hope he won’t use OL to reinforce Botafogo with funds from Lyon. Textor is very sensitive to what Brazilian supporters can put on the networks. I have the impression that me too the club that makes him vibrate the most is rather Botafogo, and that he uses these European clubs to rather favor Botafogo. This remains an impression, but these new methods question ” delivered the consultant from Olympique and Lyonnais, for whom there is still a big fear of seeing Lyon take second place in the Textor galaxy and its many clubs.
