The “cowboy” John Textor had several bullets in his revolver. After a first interview with The teamhe detailed at length what he criticizes in Paris Saint-Germain in the columns of the Spanish newspaper AS. The boss of Olympique Lyonnais decided to let go of the blows, while his club will receive PSG on Sunday evening at the end of the 23rd day of League 1. And it starts with the differences in treatment, according to him, carried out by the DNCG, who had sanctioned OL.
“Yes, I mean that there is one in particular with whom the DNCG is indulgent, the organization is aware that there is a violation of European law to allow a foreign state to subsidize a business, which constitutes a distortion of competition. And year after year, they allowed PSG to violate European law, raising their club to 70 million losses and more than 800 million income using illegal foreign subsidies. They do not care about the origin of money, because they allow them to lose 70 million each year. What is incredible in this story is that the sources of income in Lyon are questioned because they come from Brazil or the United States. The PSG financing model is illegal, our model is perfectly legal and we are the sanctioned model. They are authorized to continue to violate European law ”thus launches John Textor, who is determined not to let go of this subject.
He is also surprised by the numerous complaints concerning Thiago Almada, made for example during OL-Reims, a club considered “friend” of Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, the Boss of PSG. By defending his maneuver to attract Thiago Almada from Botafogo to OL, John Textor takes the opportunity to tackle PSG again and what he considers to be unfair competition. “A few weeks ago, the European Union analyzed a loan that I made of Thiago Almada with Botafogo to our club in France and we followed the rules it gave us as well as to the League and, In addition, the DNCG confirmed that we had followed the rules. What is really interesting is that each of these clubs complained of the transfer of a single player, the case of which was sent to the League Legal League committee and determined that we had followed the rules. But it is these same clubs, very close to Nasser and PSG, who protest. They did not deposit a single protest concerning the illegal subsidies which finance many players, but they complained of the loan of Thiago Almada. They did not complain about the number of players that PSG is capable of recruiting, because it spends 200 million to have Neymar, Messi and Mbappé, in addition to an interminable list of footballers. None of the clubs that complained about Almada protested what PSG does “deplores Textor.
Textor wants to denounce PSG
And to continue: “I confirm that we will make a request to the League for PSG to comply with the law of the European Commission and we will ask the LFP Legal Commission to analyze this issue, as did other clubs with We and Thiago Almada, and, if we do not get a satisfactory response, we will transmit the case to the European Commission. »» Then he again developed on the major problem posed by the colossal investment of Qatar in PSG. “We are only a small club against a very large and powerful country. Now I want to be clear. I have no problem with Qatar. I like Qatar. I like the countries of the Gulf. I think that the Emirates and the Middle East countries, including Saudi Arabia, make major contributions to countries around the world. So I have no problem with that. What is a problem for me is the distortion of competition, which destroys our income opportunities, our television opportunities, our competitive opportunities. And that hurts all the communities in France who dream and hope that their team can one day win a championship, because it will never happen as long as we do not change these rules. »»
In an ultra-tightened context between the presidents of Ligue 1 and while the crisis has settled with non-payment by Dazn From the entire maturity of the month of February, the release of John Textor is likely to make a stir. But will it move the lines? Will it encourage other presidents to set up against the domination of PSG? Not sure, since John Textor assures him, many of them agree with him but are afraid to express it publicly. “Yes, I assure you that they have contacted me and that it is very difficult for them to make it public. I think it is also true that some clubs have presidents who are very close to Nasser, who worked for Nasser. They obtained seats on the board of directors of the European Club Association. These are very coveted positions, you know, at ECA. And some of these presidents receive these favors from Nasser. And I am frankly not sure that these presidents adequately represent their owners, because they can be absent or less involved. »» The Cowboy Textor is in any case determined to enforce the law.
