In a few days, John Textor will officially become the majority shareholder and owner of Olympique Lyonnais. However, the American businessman could not have known this fate. Before OL, he would attack Benfica as well as Sporting Portugal.
Initially scheduled for September 30, Olympique Lyonnais would be sold on October 21. If all goes well, Textor will become OL’s new president even if Jean-Michel Aulas remains president of Les Gones for the next three years. However, things could have been completely different because the Portuguese press revealed so much.
This Saturday morning press from “RMC” Nicolas Villas, Portuguese football specialist, relayed information from local media ‘register’ How John Textor tried to become the new owner of Sporting Portugal, before also taking the heat with Benfica Lisbon who was also in sight of the Kirksville native. Two proposals and two failures because the two Liga NOS teams stopped negotiations. Textor should have had better luck in France with Olympique Lyon…
