Olympique Lyonnais have not won a single title for 11 years and the fans are starting to find the time long. To aim for a crown, OL must strengthen, and the problem is that now John Textor’s club is less attractive than before.
For a long time, Jean-Michel Aulas made Les Gones scream with pleasure by making fun of the Saint-Etienne fans, who were always nostalgic when it came to talking about their prize list. But, at the rate things are going, Lyon supporters may well suffer the same humiliation from their rivals. This Sunday, Le Progrès recalls that it has been eleven long years, and a Coupe de France, that the Rhone club has not won anything. This comes at a high price, even in the transfer window, because signing for Lyon is no longer synonymous with success, as repeated by a former player, titled several times in the jersey of OL.
OL are struggling to attract certain players
💥 Clinton Mata is coming! 💥
The Angolan side will defend our colors until 2026 🔴🔵
Welcome Clinton 🤜🤛
— Olympique Lyonnais (@OL) July 6, 2023
Sidney Govou, who won seven French Champion titles with Olympique Lyonnais, had already underlined the lesser attractiveness of his favorite club. And in the regional daily, he puts it back. ” Lyon supporters do not admit it, but it was a reality. Lyon certainly still has the image of a big club with a global view, much more so than Rennes, but that is no longer enough. Even more than in Marseille, which remains attractive for players, OL must have results to seduce and can no longer rely solely on its name, its past (…) We can understand that the club has had other priorities for some time, with the construction of the stadium, and all that has been built around it, with the sales process too, which took time, but it will have to come back quickly, because the main activity of the OL must remain football “Recalls the former OL striker. It is true that where OM recruited Geoffroy Kondogbia and Rennes offered Enzo Le Fée and Ludovic Blas, Lyon recruited Clinton Mata and Skelly Alvero. Even if these two players have talent, it still looks like a cheap bet, OL having put 5 million euros on each of the two reinforcements.
