After the Girondins de Bordeaux, Olympique Lyonnais? The example not to follow is there for the Gones who, certainly, still have some margin, but are indeed facing a worrying situation. And not only on the field. The day after OL’s bitter defeat against OM in the championship (2-3), it was time for the accounting balance sheet in Lyon. And it is not good.
According to a source cited by Agence France Presse and relayed by L’Equipe on Monday, OL’s general manager, Laurent Prud’homme, did not hide his concern from the club’s employees on Monday, reminding them of a net loss of 300 million euros accumulated over the last five years, ” more than the club has generated in profits since its creation ” Creation dating back to 1950.
A social plan in perspective
A catastrophic record that naturally suffers from the sluggish performances of the first team, deprived of the Champions League – its supposedly targeted objective each season – since 2020. And this even if the Lyon management has tried to limit the damage recently by selling its women’s section and the LDLC Arena. Not without the saving intervention of a certain Jean-Michel Aulas.
Faced with this economic impasse, OL has decided to enter into discussions with social partners to initiate a voluntary departure plan, while the club now has nearly 600 employees, the same as PSG. According to the internal source at the club, 73 positions could be eliminated and twenty people could change assignment to bring the workforce back to around 500 employees. “, notes L’Equipe.
