03-07-2025, 08:17 AM
Doesn't really say either way:
Lyon could find out next week about its administrative relegation to Ligue 2
Having been demoted to Ligue 2 last Tuesday , Olympique Lyonnais could have its fate finally decided next week before the appeals committee of the National Management Control Directorate (DNCG). The club has remained completely silent since the new governance came into place. Michele Kang, who replaced John Textor as president , and Michael Gerlinger, who was appointed general manager, are actively preparing for this deadline.
But the letter detailing the reasons for the DNCG's decision reportedly arrived at the club on Monday, and it has no interest in letting the time slip between receiving the document and launching the appeal process. Lyon wants to be informed as quickly as possible, not only because its administrative relegation to Ligue 2 has frozen its offseason.
Paulo Fonseca's team is due to resume training on Monday, and the transfer window is completely blocked, in both directions, with the exception of the registration of purchase options ( Saïd Benrahma to Neom and Johann Lepenant to Nantes were made official this Wednesday). But with each passing day, the nervousness among the players' entourage increases, and Lyon has an interest in reassuring everyone (or not) starting next week, just over a month before the resumption of the Championship, whether in Ligue 1 or Ligue 2.
Kang and Gerlinger, who are working without letting anything leak internally, went to Geneva on Tuesday, no doubt to meet with UEFA authorities and discuss another important subject: if OL's situation has not evolved beyond the weekend of July 14, its participation in the next Europa League will no longer be possible. The amount the club would need to secure its continued promotion to Ligue 1—and, by extension, the Europa League—is at least €70 million. This would require a contribution from several shareholders, not just Michele Kang, but into a single account. Olympique Lyonnais hopes to be able to make its case, with new representatives and better arguments, sometime next week.
Lyon could find out next week about its administrative relegation to Ligue 2
Having been demoted to Ligue 2 last Tuesday , Olympique Lyonnais could have its fate finally decided next week before the appeals committee of the National Management Control Directorate (DNCG). The club has remained completely silent since the new governance came into place. Michele Kang, who replaced John Textor as president , and Michael Gerlinger, who was appointed general manager, are actively preparing for this deadline.
But the letter detailing the reasons for the DNCG's decision reportedly arrived at the club on Monday, and it has no interest in letting the time slip between receiving the document and launching the appeal process. Lyon wants to be informed as quickly as possible, not only because its administrative relegation to Ligue 2 has frozen its offseason.
Paulo Fonseca's team is due to resume training on Monday, and the transfer window is completely blocked, in both directions, with the exception of the registration of purchase options ( Saïd Benrahma to Neom and Johann Lepenant to Nantes were made official this Wednesday). But with each passing day, the nervousness among the players' entourage increases, and Lyon has an interest in reassuring everyone (or not) starting next week, just over a month before the resumption of the Championship, whether in Ligue 1 or Ligue 2.
Kang and Gerlinger, who are working without letting anything leak internally, went to Geneva on Tuesday, no doubt to meet with UEFA authorities and discuss another important subject: if OL's situation has not evolved beyond the weekend of July 14, its participation in the next Europa League will no longer be possible. The amount the club would need to secure its continued promotion to Ligue 1—and, by extension, the Europa League—is at least €70 million. This would require a contribution from several shareholders, not just Michele Kang, but into a single account. Olympique Lyonnais hopes to be able to make its case, with new representatives and better arguments, sometime next week.
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