Foot OL – OL sale: John Textor is knocked out, Lyon knows it – Olympique Lyonnais
Olympique Lyonnais put a lot of pressure on John Textor in the case of the sale of the club. And a priori, the American businessman will find it difficult to have the famous document by the deadline set for Sunday evening.
If Jean-Michel Aulas had spent the 2018 World Cup with the France team in Russia, the president ofOlympique Lyonnais does not have this luxury in 2022, the sale of OL Groupe being probably, and rightly, the only concern of the Rhone leader. It must be admitted that since he chose John Textor to buy his club, the boss of Lyon finds that nothing is going as he hopes. From report to report, the transfer of OL drags on while everything seemed to have to be settled first in September, then in November. But on Friday, tired of this situation, OL Groupe politely banged their fists on the table, giving John Textor and Eagle Football until midnight on Sunday to make concrete progress, with Olympique Lyonnais giving themselves a few more hours before deciding on this case. A very clear threat, even if the takeover candidate repeating that it was the Premier League which prevented the deal from being finalized by not yet authorizing Eagle Football to include John Textor’s shares in Crystal Palace in its financing guarantees. And the timing does not encourage optimism.
Textor will not have the green light by Sunday midnight
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While Le Progrès asserts that the meetings between the two parties have been incessant for a few days and that on the side of OL Groupe we are starting to find the time very long, L’Equipe is much less optimistic concerning the possibility for John Textor to advance concrete things by Sunday evening, the latter having recognized that on the side of Crystal Palace, certain other investors were not keen on the idea of ​​seeing the London club serve as a guarantee. ” According to a source close to the English club, the chances of the obstacle being lifted imminently seem slim “, announces the sports daily, which would not be surprised that by the end of this deadline set by OL Groupe a new additional deadline will be granted to Eagle Football and to the American businessman, who does not have the seem to want to drop the case like that. It remains to be seen whether to want is to be able, and for the moment the facts give reason to those who affirm that John Textor saw too big in wanting to offer himself for 800 million euros to Olympique Lyonnais.