During its hearing Tuesday afternoon, the club did not convince the financial gendarme of French football to remove the binding measures which it had imposed on it in November, including an administrative demotion in Ligue 2 as a conservatory.
The OL owner, the American John Textorhowever, had been confident before appearing before the DNCG, after seven months of effort to rebalance the accounts of his club.
“We have made various investments in recent weeks. Everything is financially good“, Recently assured the manager, president of the Eagle Football Holding structure (EFH).
And on Monday, barely a few hours before his hearing, he had an agreement for the sale of his shares in the English Crystal Palace club to the American businessman Robert Wood Johnsonowner of the American New York Jets football team, a transaction estimated at 190 million pounds (222 million euros) by the BBC.
EFH had previously launched its introduction to the New York Stock Exchange on June 13 and its shareholders also brought 83 million euros in cash and concluded an agreement at the end of January with creditors.
In addition to a voluntary starting plan of a hundred employees, the club has parallel reduced its payroll with the end of very expensive contracts such as those ofAlexandre Lacazette et Anthony Lopesand operate the transfers of Maxence Caqueret et Rayan Cherki.
OL can appeal but if its demotion is confirmed, its place in Ligue 1 will be reserved for Reims, defeated in the L1/L2 dams by Metz.
