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OL, It's Much More Serious than Expected

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On June 24, the sky fell on the head of the Lyonnais. The National Directorate of Management Control (DNCG) put The post OL, it's much more serious than expected appeared first on French Football Weekly.

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According to Le Team newspaper, the new president of OL Michele Kang would have an obligation to guarantee more than 200 million euros in the coming months.

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While it should be definitively set for its future next Thursday, OL - just downgraded to Ligue 2 by the DNCG - accumulates bad news pending its appeal to the French football financial gendarme. The latter would wait 200 million euros (100 million euros directly + 100 million euros guarantee for the 2026-2027 season) to keep the Rhodanian team in Ligue 1. So many economic difficulties to which have just been added a fine imposed by UEFA.

On the margins of the appeal to the commission of the Federal DNCG, OL will resume training on Monday. The club announced that a group of 29 players would run against Paulo Fonseca. The time of the recovery rang for the players of OL. The appointment was set on Monday 7 July by Paulo Fonseca and [...] OL article: a group of 29 players expected on Monday for the recovery appeared first on Olympic & Lyonnais.

Since the end of the season, OL fans have been living a permanent emotional lift.

Lyon's Olympique Lyonnais is going through a historic crisis. After being demolished in Ligue 2 by the DNCG, the Rhodanian club quickly announced its willingness to appeal this decision. Yes, but here, after the departure of John Textor and the arrival of the duo Michele Kang-Michael Gerlinger, the OL will now have to present a viable plan to the financial control body of the clubs that sits on the FFF. The stakes ? Save its place in the elite o…

In the face of this decision, the club was quick to announce that it would appeal, hoping to reverse the course of events. However, the challenges are increasing for OL. The departure of John Textor and the arrival of the tandem Michele Kang-Michael Gerlinger mark a decisive turning point in the management of the club. From now on, OL must convince the financial control body of the Fédération française de football, the FFF, of the viability of i…

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SOFOOT.com broke the news in on Wednesday, July 2, 2025.
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