OL ‍: 300 million more, Textor shakes up the DNCG

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By: Manu Tournoux

This Tuesday, it’s catch-up day for Olympique Lyonnais that must go back to the DNCG. After being rejected by the financial policeman of football, John Textor thinks he has the assets not to find himself financially stuck during this transfer window.

Stay of proceedings, pending further information”. In the language spoken by the National Management Control Department, this means that you have not convinced this body that you have the financial means for your ambitions. As for Olympique Lyonnais, the announcement made last week caused real amazement, as John Textor’s teams thought they could overcome this obstacle without any problem. The reality is that OL did not provide sufficient guarantees to convince the DNCG, and that on Tuesday we will have to have much stronger assets to get the green light like all of Lyon’s rivals in Ligue 1. this, John Textor wants to hit hard and make an impression. And, as of Monday, he has already sent a wave of documents to the supervisory body.

300 million in the capital of OL Groupe, it’s strong

According to the revelations of the sports daily, many guarantees have already arrived at the DNCG for 24 hours, but an additional and probably decisive advantage has also been provided. Note that John Textor indicated that he was transferring the assets of his other clubs (Molenbeek in Belgium, Botafogo in Brazil and a large part of Crystal Palace in the Premier League) into the capital of OL Groupe, i.e. around 300 million euros. euros. Enough to prove that Olympique Lyonnais had very solid backs, and allow to have from this Tuesday the total agreement to recruit during this transfer window. However, L’Equipe specifies that given the situation, the DNCG will, whatever happens, keep a close eye this season on the events that will take place at Groupama Stadium. John Textor understands it over the months, France has a very strict management policy, and we should not have too much fun with it.

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