In Lyon, John Textor did not make friends. The American businessman, who was very close to sending the Gones to Ligue 2, has never been unanimous, except perhaps against him. His attitude, his calamitous management of the club or his relationship with Nottingham Forest were pointed out. Regarding this point, the Gones have learned bad news since they will have to drop € 8 million to recruit Matt Turner, who was just a n ° 2. A file completed by John Textor before he passed his hand to Michele Kang to the presidency. Despite the attempts of the Lyonnais, who had mandated a lawyer in order to corporate this operation, the English team was won and will therefore give in his goalkeeper for a much greater price than the real value of the goalkeeper, valued at € 2.5 million.
The residents of Groupama Stadium found a solution to limit the breakage. According to The teamTurner will not even go through Lyon, where he will sign 3 years, and will join New England Revolution in MLS. Rhone leaders have also integrated a non-complimentary purchase option and they also made the American franchise take charge of the entire salary of Matt Turner. A player who is still a beautiful thorn in the foot of OL and a nice sale for Nottingham Forest, who found an automatic ticket distributor in Lyon. Indeed, it is not the first deal between the two clubs that makes a lot of talk.
Textor-Marinákis, an association that pays
Orel Mangala was loaned to OL before being purchased permanently for around € 23.4 million. But Nottingham Forest has retained a 10 % profit-sharing on the capital gain of a possible future transfer. A year ago, Moussa Niakhaté was transferred for € 31.9 million. A price deemed excessive. The player talked about it yesterday: “I came to Lyon as if I had cost 5 million or 32, I have no problem on this. The price of this transfer, I was told about it, I was told, I was judged in relation to that. It's the game. These 32 million come from this football economy. I can't criticize that. We cannot take the advantages, we are pro in its entirety. ”
But Textor and Marinákis intended to make other transfers between the two friend clubs. The American spoke of the names of Rayan Cherki and Malick Fofana, the two strongest market values, with the English stable. But the French signed in City and the Belgian favors a club evolving in C1. This summer, there was also talk of the Danilo signing, the middle of Forest who was injured much of the season. An amount of € 25 million was mentioned. But he finally joined Botafogo. A club which notably welcomed some Brazilian players, notably Igor Jesus and Jair Cunha. This could also become a habit since the bosses of Botafogo and Nottingham Forest intend to unite.
Include Botafogo in the Greek group
Indeed, GLOBO ESPORTE This Friday reveals that Textor and Marinakis have been discussing Botafogo's inclusion in the Nettingham Forest club network for several weeks. The American wishes to quickly separate the Brazilian team from Eagle Football thanks to the help of his friend. The latter intends to buy the Botafogo shares in Eagle Football and integrate the club into its multi -ownership where Olympiacos (Greece) and Rio Ave (Portugal) also appear. His plan is to leave Textor to the head of daily operations within the Glorioso. But before that, there are several steps to be taken. GLOBO ESPORTE explains that Textor will open a company in the Cayman Islands, of which he will be the majority shareholder. Greek, it would be a minority shareholder.
In its new company based in the Caribbean tax haven, Textor, which will manage Botafogo, also wishes to include RWDM Brussels, formerly known as Molenbeek. Another club currently held by Eagle. Brazilian justice has frozen Eagle's shares in the Brazilian club because Botafogo would have “Generated a significant amount of money” To cover the losses of OL according to theAFP. Textor, who is in conflict with Ares Management, wishes to quickly resolve his disputes, he who would have already submitted a first offer to buy back actions. Ge Ensures that Ares should make a counter-offer and that a happy outcome is possible. After that, John Textor will be able to move forward on his projects, he who should become a minority shareholder of the Marinákis group in the future. Greek gifts were obviously appreciated …
