During a press conference organized to announce the return of Alexandre Lacazette, the OL president clarified that the club gave itself two weeks to make a final decision on the new investors.
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Jean-Michel Aulas remains the boss of OL. At the club since 1987, the current CEO of Olympique Lyonnais confirmed to the press on Thursday June 9 that he would remain “for sure“at the head of the Rhone club”for a medium or very long period”. If the main subject of the press conference remained the announcement of Alexandre Lacazette’s return to the club and the extension of Lyon goalkeeper Anthony Lopes, the 73-year-old manager took the opportunity to affirm his intention to “continue the adventure“.
This announcement reassures Lyon supporters, while there is great excitement behind the scenes. With the confirmed departures of two investors (the French group Pathé and the Chinese investment fund IDG Capital) who own 40% of the club’s shares, rumors are swelling about the arrival of an American investment fund.
“Achieve an ambitious transfer window”
Without saying more, Jean-Michel Aulas insisted that “several potential investors had come forward“, but “that none were clearly in front” in the negotiations, in reference to a newspaper article The Team which puts the American entrepreneur Foster Gillett in pole position.
According to Jean-Michel Aulas, the club’s management is giving itself two weeks to conclude this file. He explained: “On is in the ‘money time’everything can change in one night in one direction or the other“. Even if the identity of the new investor(s) has not been revealed, the emblematic president of Olympique Lyonnais nevertheless certified that the supporters could expect a r“enforcement”very significant” the club’s own funds which will allow the Lyonnais to “make a mercato ambitious“.