This is all down to the shadiness of John Textor, recently departed Crystal Palace owner who almost got us kicked out of Europe. He's basically got no money of his own and finds other people willing to give him money to buy things, and then overextends the clubs he has control at with no bank account to bail them out. Which is what he did to Lyon, as well as making a ton of enemies at the league by shooting his mouth off.
Lyon are still really strong structurally, they have a good academy and stadium. Just got hooped by the collapse of Ligue 1 commercially/tv deal wise and they need a better owner.
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