According to RMC, Paris Saint-Germain has stepped in to help their big sporting rival and will give it a serious financial injection. This is a drastic turn in the relationship between the clubs, because just a few months ago, the leading men of PSG and Lyon, Nasser Al-Khelaifi and John Textor, were not on good terms at all and even publicly quarreled.
The American businessman at the helm of Lyon has stated several times that he is "fighting against the state", referring to the Qatari hinterland in the ranks of the European champions, while the Saints' first man called his colleague "a cowboy who came from who knows where" and added that he "doesn't know how to run a club".
The relationship has now turned 180 degrees and PSG has been the first to come to the rescue of the drowning man. Namely, PSG has decided to pay Lyon the remaining amount of money for the transfer of Bradley Barcola from the summer of 2023 at once. The young attacker arrived in Paris in a deal worth 45 million euros, with another five million in bonuses, with the agreement at the time that the transfer would be paid in several installments. It has now been decided to transfer the remaining amount of money to Lyon in the same tranche, in order to help it float above the surface. However, there is no public information about the amount in question. This is not the first such case in football, and let us remember that Bayern Munich once helped Dortmund avoid a black fate.
This will certainly help the former French champion to iron out his books before the new scanner of the relevant instances within the French Federation. Lyon is trying to save its head and possibly overturn the original decision to relegate to a lower league. If the decision is not changed, Lyon has the right to appeal, but also to take the entire case to court.
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