Olympique Lyonnais gradually discovered the methods of John Textor, while the latter also adapted to OL. But, on the side of the training center, we are convinced that the American businessman will not make any revolution.
The France Espoirs team, which is playing this Sunday against Ukraine during the Euro, confirms that Lyon still has the best training center in our country. OL have always managed to produce nuggets, and this is still the case in this generation with the presence of players such as Gouiri, Cherki, Lukeba and Castello. Jean-Michel Aulas had never hidden it, his academy was what mattered most to him, the former owner of Olympique Lyonnais having been one of the first to invest massively to find the best young French footballers. With the sudden handover to John Textor, some have worried about the American’s interest in the OL academy. But, they must be reassured, because Textor understood the interest of all that.
OL will not touch the training center
🔴🔵 Our Gones from the#AcademyOL were on fire yesterday against Switzerland 🔥
🇬🇧 Let’s go to the quarter-finals of the#EuroHopes for’@French team 👏
— Olympique Lyonnais (@OL) June 29, 2023
Speaking on RMC, Jean-François Vulliez, former boss for six years of the Lyon academy and now technical director of OL, confirms that the owner of OL Groupe has no intention of changing a winning method. ” The arrival of John Textor comforts us because he is passionate about football. When he came to the Academy in February, we talked and I presented the work to him. He was very attentive and at noon there was an U17 match starting. He had a meeting just after at 12:30 p.m., well, he postponed it so he could see the U17 game and stay until the end. He is really passionate about football, games and training is an important element for him. Training must be made sacred because it is one of the pillars of the club in Lyon and I think that it is fully aware of this and to give training the opportunity to live for many years and to be able to bring players into the game. professional team as we have done for generations “Explains the former strongman of the Olympique Lyonnais training center.
