The sale of Olympique Lyonnais must take place no later than this Friday, October 21. But nothing is certain, even to the point that the idea of cancelling the transfer of the club to John Textor is mentioned.
48 hours before the sale of OL Groupe to Eagle Football, the company of John Textor, we are holding our breath on the side of the Lyon supporters. While last week, Jean-Michel Aulas had specified that he had obtained the agreement of his American partner to validate the dismissal of Peter Bosz and the recruitment of Laurent Blanc, the Friday deadline now seems impossible to keep. This Wednesday, in a statement OL Groupe announced that the quotation of its share was fixed at 2.80 euros in order not to allow any speculation and tampering. For many specialists, this seemed to announce an imminent event, a priori the confirmation of the sale of OL Groupe to the American businessman. But, according to Le Progrès, all is not so clear, far from it. Journalist for the Lyon daily, François Guttin-Lombard casts doubt and opens up three possible scenarios.
Postponement or cancellation of the sale of OL?
Unfortunately @Record_Portugal did not seek confirmation. The story is substantially false. I offered a €150 million solution to buy majority rights from banks, prevent a loss by banks, return majority control to the Club. With election imminent, the Club did not want a meeting. pic.twitter.com/dKKL4v2rSS
— John Textor ★彡 ???? (@JohnTextor) October 15, 2022
Indeed, the sale within the deadline announced at the end of September of October 21 would now be impossible or at least highly unlikely to hold. ” Discussions continue “, indicated a source in this file. To date, three purposes are possible in this case: “A sale announcement if the discussions have been successful by then. Which today seems very improbable, either a postponement of the closing date, precisely to allow more time for discussions, the most probable of the options or the failure of the sale to Eagle football, even if there is no there are no elements in this direction for the moment “, Indicates the Rhone media. By this weekend, and the trip of Laurent Blanc’s team to Montpellier, Olympique Lyonnais should therefore experience new upheavals, even if Jean-Michel Aulas knows what he is doing. In recent days, the name of John Textor had circulated in Portugal, the possible future owner of OL having tried, in vain, to enter the capital of Sporting.