• Jean-Michel Aulas presented OL Groupe's 2021-2022 half-year results to the press on Wednesday.

  • These are in the midst of a “recovery” dynamic, with a gross operating surplus (EBITDA) becoming positive again, with 14.7 million euros in 2021.

  • The president of OL took the opportunity to silence the rumors about possible desires to sell the club in the coming months.

Can OL in turn give in to the sirens of investors?

Jean-Michel Aulas is far too present on Twitter to ignore that this rumor has been spreading in recent days.

When presenting OL Groupe's 2021-2022 half-year results to the media, the Lyon president was therefore clear: "The sale by the current shareholders to a foreign investor is not at all in our prospects for the instant T. I subscribe to the governance of this project.

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As Thierry Sauvage, CEO of OL Groupe, also mentioned, JMA plans on the other hand to “bring in a certain number of complementary partners” to “strengthen equity”.

At the head of OL since 1987, he returned to the attractiveness that his club could have for certain investors.

“The model that was developed in Lyon, with its durability of sporting and economic results, means that we are under the benevolent eye of investors, that's clear.

But personally, this is not the model I chose.

It seems to me that the supporters, whom I meet so regularly, are not totally in this perspective.

You have to take that into account.

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Towards sales of players in the event of a season without the European Cup?

And what would happen in the event of a third consecutive season concluded without qualifying for the Champions League?

“It would be a problem not to have a European Cup, but we would solve it as we have always done in the past, confides Jean-Michel Aulas.

Perhaps through a number of player sales, or third-party equity rebuilds.

But it is a question of remaining in the current governance.

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The time is rather optimistic for OL, both in sporting terms (4 wins in the last 5 games and a 7th place in Ligue 1) and economically.

“This semester marks a level of recovery for Olympique Lyonnais, a performance opposite to that of trends under Covid-19 for two years”, specifies the manager.

And for good reason, the gross operating surplus (EBITDA, or "EBITDA" so dear to JMA) has become positive again, with 14.7 million euros in 2021, against -33.9 M€ at the end of the year. from last season.

“We are really refocusing on the football part”

"With a year's lag, we are relaunched to move towards our announced objectives: 400 million euros in turnover and a hundred million in EBITDA", continues Jean-Michel Aulas, determined to respond to the teasing banner. brandished by the north bend, Saturday against OGC Nice (2-0): "OL Vallée 1, OL Trophée 0".

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“We are really refocusing on the football part, he assures.

All additional developments do not affect "the football pocket" economically.

It is wrong to say that, as has been the case in the past at Arsenal, our overall investment effort penalizes the football part.

On the contrary, it comes to the rescue of the resources devoted to football.

“And this, before insisting on the” 160 million euros invested in the athlete “for two and a half years.

We will quickly know if this outing will have the effect of calming the current discontent at the bends of Parc OL, which also came to support Juninho on Saturday.

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