In an interview with our colleagues from
L'Équipe
,
John Textor, the new majority owner of Olympique Lyonnais, made fun of Paris Saint-Germain by going back to the club's policy when installing a training center in Florida in early 2020.
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“Paris came to Florida with this stupid program from PSG Academy, putting jerseys on everyone. The PSG people came and created this program, a license, and they told me that no child would go to PSG
, ”explained the new strongman of Jean-Michel Aulas.
“And I thought: why? Why say that, come to Florida where there are Latinos and declare that not one of these children will be on the team? Why are you here ? To sell jerseys?”,
concluded the Florida businessman.
This is not the first time since taking office that Textor has attacked PSG, he had already criticized the capital club during his official press conference on June 21: "
I don't like models like the one PSG with super athletes
"he said, promising that he had found a plan against
" oligarchs who run clubs ".
OL open their Ligue 1 season against promoted Ajaccio on Friday evening at 9:00 p.m.