{"id":251657,"date":"2024-11-15T20:32:54","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T20:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/15\/olympic-lyon-relegated-to-lig-2\/"},"modified":"2024-11-15T20:32:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T20:32:54","slug":"olympic-lyon-relegated-to-lig-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/15\/olympic-lyon-relegated-to-lig-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Lyon relegated to Lig 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"article-text\">\n                       \n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyon have been handed a severe sanction by the DNCG \u2013 Direction Nationale du Contr\u00f4le de Gestion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The French football financial watchdog has decided to hit the John Textor-owned Ligue 1 club with a provisional Ligue 2 relegation as well as a transfer ban and the supervision of their wages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Such an outcome was expected considering that the Ligue 1 club\u2019s debt reportedly rose from \u20ac458 million to \u20ac508 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Textor reportedly said to the DNCG today that Lyon would be able to sell players \u2013 or Botafogo players, with the Brazilian outfit also part of the Eagle Football Group portfolio \u2013 as well as a 45 % share in Premier League side Crystal Palace to balance the books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the American businessman\u2019s confidence that the meeting with the DNCG went well, the financial watchdog evidently did not agree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As it stands, Lyon will be relegated to Ligue 2 if their financial situation does not improve dramatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les Gones might be forced to sell their prized assets, including France U21 international attacking midfielder Rayan Cherki (21) or Belgian international winger Malick Fofana (19) on a cheap this winter transfer window.<\/p>\n\n                <p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>      \n               \n <!-- Post Tags -->\n                \n\n                        \n\n    \n                                 \n                                             \n                    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lyon have been handed a severe sanction by the DNCG \u2013 Direction Nationale du Contr\u00f4le de Gestion. 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