What if the south corner of Parc OL soon sees its wish come true? On January 14, Lyon supporters took advantage of the presence of the club’s new owner, the American John Textor, during the match against Strasbourg (1-2), to release a sharp banner “John, the house is burning, fire the incompetents” (“John, the house is burning, fire the incompetents”). Two days after the elimination in the Coupe de France in Nantes (1-0), which marks the disastrous season of Olympique Lyonnais (9th in Ligue 1 and therefore almost guaranteed a second year in a row without the European Cup) , The Team indicates this Friday that the president of Eagle Football would be ready to make important changes in the sports organization of the club.
In particular, he would like to appoint a new technical director for next season, as well as a recruitment manager who would supervise a reinforced cell in terms of data, in addition to a possible sports coordinator. Choices that would necessarily go against the desire displayed recently by Jean-Michel Aulas to promote Bruno Cheyrou, current head of recruitment, as sports director of OL.
Eagle Football Board of Directors in Lyon
JMA, who signed a three-year governance contract when the club was sold, could he therefore oppose the future choices of John Textor? “I have no alert, no worries about my relationship with John, assures in the preamble the historic leader of OL to The Team. I have no doubt today about being the major player in OL’s strategy over the next three years. “However, would he let Bruno Cheyrou, so decried with the bends of Lyon, be sacked without saying anything?
“No, if they come to impose things on me about the sports organization, there is little chance that I will accept it”, clearly indicates Jean-Michel Aulas. The next few weeks could therefore be very lively behind the scenes on the OL side, starting with the Eagle Football board of directors, which will take place in Lyon on April 23 in the presence of JMA.