The American businesswoman Michele kang was appointed president of the Olympique Lyonnais football club to replace her compatriot John Textor Who resigned from his duties within OL and his board of directors, the club announced on Monday.
“Michele (Kang) is the ideal choice to direct OL in the next phase and I have fully confidence in herself and OL, which will come out stronger under her direction“, Declares Textor, quoted in the club press release which was relegated to Ligue 2 by the National Management Control Directorate (DNCG) on June 24. He remains the owner of the club.
66 years old, Michele Kang, also president and owner of OL Lyonnes (former Women’s OL), is also appointed CEO of Eagle Football Group (ex OL Group) who oversees all the activities of the club of which she has been a member of the Board of Directors since September 2023. She “will play an active role in supporting the executive management of Olympique Lyonnais, in particular by directing the club’s appeal procedure with the National Directorate of Management Control“, Underlines OL which hopes, thanks to this change of direction, to influence the position of the financial gendarme of French football.
Especially since German Michael GerlingerSports Director of Eagle Football Holding, the parent company of Eagle Football Group (OL), was appointed to the position of Managing Director of the Club to replace Laurent Prud’hommedismissed from his post at the end of April and not replaced since. John Textorwho also owns the RWDM/Daring Brussels in Belgium, said on Saturday in a Brazilian media getting behind his position after the failure of Olympique Lyonnais before the DNCG.
