A firm and definitive no. As the General Assembly of Olympique Lyonnais looms, which will be held on Wednesday at Groupama Stadium, the Bad Gones set their conditions: they hope that John Textor does not participate in the meeting of the Ligue 1 club.
“As a shareholder, our junk cowboy could be present,” criticized the main group of Gones supporters via a press release released this Tuesday. “Even as the work of the current management to turn around the slope is underway, the idea of seeing the one who almost sank our club come strutting around is unbearable for us,” launched the ultras in reference to the highly contested management of the American businessman, who became majority shareholder of OL in December 2022, then president in May 2023, before being replaced by Michele Kang last summer.
“His place is not, and never has been, here”
“As Michel Audiard said: idiots dare to do anything, that’s even how we recognize them », We can read in the Bad Gones press release. “John Textor and Eagle must stay as far away from our club as possible. If he were ever to be present, it is the duty and honor of each shareholder to inform him that his place is not, and never has been, here,” they warned. “Its timeshare model is totally opposed to the values we defend, even more so when it is carried by a crook. »
Under the presidency of John Textor, OL accumulated astronomical debts, coming close to being administratively demoted to Ligue 2 by the DNCG. The club was ultimately saved by the financial guarantees provided by Michele Kang.
Still at the head of Botafogo, the sulphurous leader was also singled out for his economic management, the Brazilian club having been placed on the list banned from recruiting new players by Fifa for a period of “three registration periods” from December 31, 2025. In addition, Botafogo is demanding the equivalent of 25 million euros from the Eagle group, chaired by Textor.
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