Article by Remus Dinu – published Tuesday, June 24, 2025 22:29 / Updated Wednesday, June 25, 2025 00:11
Earthquake in the French championship! Suffocated by financial problems, Olympique Lyon, one of the championship powers, It was relegated to the second league, the accounting situation of “Les Gones” deteriorating until implosion!
The club stores total debts of 175 million euros, and the American owner could not present the necessary guarantees that he can cover this amount!
Why are Lyon journalists skeptical about the chances of Ol be graduated and avoid collapse in Ligue 2? The Sports Gazette discussed Tuesday evening with Anais Lowry, a reporter of Lyon Mag local publication, responsible for everything about Olympique Lyon, who offered a quick reaction after the news that put the whole French football:
“To be honest, I do not think I can return the situation. A horrible day for OL!”
The predominant feeling at Lyon? A mix of powerlessness, frustration and anger on the management of the Texator, confesses the contactist journalist.
“They have happened quite a lot since (no from «Double» with FCSB). To be very sincere, I am not sure I can return the situation!
They have some money … 60 million from winter sales, 40 million from Cherki, 25 million from the personal texture, around 40–60 injected by Eagle Football and 200 million from Crystal Palace. It is incomprehensible why they decided to retrograde. I can do it and will probably challenge the decision, but most likely other money will come. Or maybe they will sell the stadium, other players?!
It's a horrible day for ol! It feels like the club has died.
The situation with the Texter has been worrying since his coming, but has worsened in the winter of 2024.
The fans are revolted and extremely upset on the Texter. He is waiting to know why DNCG made this decision. No one is confident.
Not even the advertiser supporters, who usually hate Lyon, such as Marseille … Even they think it's ridiculous and shouldn't be so.
Texter has to sell the club! The Bad Gones Ultraști group wants to leave“, Pussed the journalist of the mentioned publication, in dialogue with the editorial office of the Sports Gazette.
Anais Lowry works for Lyon Mag / Photo source: LinkedIn
Theater shot. Olympique Lyon was relegated to the 2nd League after examining his file by DNCG. President John Textor and Mickael Gerlinger, the director of the football department, were heard on Tuesday by the National Control and Management Directorate (DNCG) to remove the threat of administrative relegation to the 2nd League, decided on November 15 last year. But the institution thus decided to formalize the retrograde of the club in Rhône in the second step. OL can still appeal against this decision.
– L'Equipe
Sumber perspectives and in the spring, at the visit of the newspaper in Lyon! A local journalist warned: “I do not know what Lyon's future will be”
In the spring, the journalists of the newspaper present in Lyon for the return of OL – FCSB also dialoged with other local journalists on Olympique's situation. The prospects were bleak since then:
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In November, the financial control body of French clubs decided to impose an incredible sanction: the relegation to the second league at the end of the season, if there are no guarantees on the financial situation.
Texter claims that OL will not arrive in Ligue 2, and the club has made a profit in the last period of Mercato. But we know that, at present, some suppliers are not paid by OL. So, honestly, I don't know what Lyon's future could be … “explains, for the Sports Gazette, Arnaud Clement, French journalist of the daily progress. Here, more about Lyon's controversial patron.
