John Textor strikes back. Rejected from his position as president of OL in favor of Michele Kang last June, the club’s majority shareholder settles his accounts. In an interview given to RMC Sport, in the show Rothen ignitesthe American businessman spoke about former boss Jean-Michel Aulas, now a candidate for mayor of Lyon.
And he was not kind. “I didn’t make a mistake in buying Lyon. I love the club, I love the community. I think I made a mistake in buying something from Jean-Michel Aulas, he said. He didn’t want to sell. He was forced to do so. The club was no longer solvent. If you look at the money received from CVC (the CVC Capital Partners investment fund), they were in a loss of 139 million euros at the end of 2023. With an unfavorable balance of 44 million on transfers. »
John Textor regretted the attitude of the former president of OL, which, according to him, put him “in a position where you have to replace him. » “I was chosen from a group of potential buyers because the sellers thought I was the most likely to get along well with Jean-Michel. But behind it, he openly announces that he will not make changes if asked. So I had to fire him, which is horrible,” he remarked.
“Since then, every week, he has acted very harshly against us,” continued the American. He’s in this strange situation. He loves the club but he acts against its owner. For two or three years, not a week goes by without me having an urgent problem concerning Jean-Michel. I shouldn’t have bought anything from him. »
