While his team sinks deeper into crisis every day, John Textor gestures and sends messages, without us really knowing if they will one day end up having positive effects on a group in total distress. The president of OL thus affirmed on Sunday that certain players were “clearly not” doing the job, while already mentioning the winter transfer window, after the new defeat in Reims (2-0), which plunged OL to last place in Ligue 1.
Since his arrival in Lyon two weeks ago, Fabio Grosso “learns more about his players every day. Some players respond well to the work, while others clearly do not,” said John Textor in a statement of support for his coach, who is doing “a solid job.” The OL boss’s comments echo those made earlier in the week by Fabio Grosso: “When I arrived, I saw things that I didn’t like,” the latter declared this week, who wants ” raise the physical level, too low”.
Textor promises reinforcements
And “unfortunately, when Fabio tests certain players in this situation, he does not always learn positive things, but he will make adjustments accordingly,” continued the American owner, while referring to the next winter transfer window. “As you know, in January we will have no governance limits on our ability to strengthen the team. Rest assured that I will never allow this club to lose its prestige,” John Textor stressed.
With this new defeat on Sunday against Reims, OL have still not won a match this season and have gleaned only two points in seven days, becoming the new red lantern in Ligue 1, on goal difference with Clermont. Given the hot context, the next two matches, against Lorient on October 8, then at Clermont on the 22nd, are already crucial for Les Gones.