Jean-Michel Aulas did not appreciate the latest comments made by John Textor about the sale of the club.
New stir at Olympique Lyonnais. And this time, they are not linked to the poor results of Les Gones or to the lunar declarations of Laurent Blanc. If the fire smolders around OL, it is because of the war between John Textor and Jean-Michel Aulas. Tuesday evening, the former boss of the club split a murderous tweet aimed at the new owner.
“I imagine that these remarks are not from John Textor because by making them he would expose himself to a defamation lawsuit and moreover would risk catastrophic sanctions for OL from the DNCG and the LFP! “, he thus wrote on Twitter. A vitriolic outing in response to comments made by the American businessman about the sale of the club.
I imagine that these remarks are not from John Textor because by making them he would expose himself to a defamation lawsuit and moreover would risk catastrophic sanctions for OL from the Dncg and the LFP…!
— Jean-Michel AULAS (@JM_Aulas) August 29, 2023
John Textor accuses Jean-Michel Aulas of not having informed him of the DNCG’s concerns about the club’s accounts, the former Lyon president having drowned out the information in the middle of a (very) long email. “Buying very bad news in the attachment of a ‘positive’ email, in a paragraph, the day before the end of the transaction, he explained in comments relayed by RMC Sport. We must send this to everyone involved in the case. And not just me. Because it can impact business. If my teams had learned of this restriction as early as that December email, I would have asked to restructure the sale rather than take half a billion dollars in cash to give to the sellers. »
“I would have taken more money to invest it, to put it on the balance sheet and the health of the club. I would not only have injected 86 million for the balance sheet and 50 million for the debts, he continued. When we have brought so much money, it is unthinkable to have this type of restriction. I am not happy with this email which concealed a warning. If I had known that, I can promise you I wouldn’t have brought that half a billion to the sellers. I would have asked to rework the transaction. This is one of the difficulties in our relationship with Jean-Michel. »
