Ignorance, hubris and exceptionalism have driven a once great football club to the edge of the abyss
By Get French Football News
Just five days ago, John Textor bounded down the corridors of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. ?Victoire, victoire,? he cried as his side, Botafogo, stunned PSG in the Club World Cup. French football?s financial watchdog, the DNCG, brought him back down to earth on Tuesday as it confirmed Lyon?s relegation to Ligue 2.
?Everything is good financially,? said Textor prior to the DNCG meeting. This is not the first time that the Lyon owner has gone into one of these meetings with a sense of confidence swiftly eroded by the commission?s verdict. It was the same back in 2023 and in November last year.
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