{"id":1445,"date":"2026-04-05T06:39:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T06:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/updatelive.online\/?p=1445"},"modified":"2026-04-05T06:39:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T06:39:38","slug":"john-textor-is-not-finished-with-lyon-botafogo-files-a-complaint-for-the-recovery-of-125-million-euros-in-debt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/?p=1445","title":{"rendered":"John Textor is not finished with Lyon\u2026 Botafogo files a complaint for the recovery of 125 million euros in debt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div layout=\"desktop\">\n<p>Olympique Lyonnais thought they were rid of John Textor, but this is not the case. On March 27, the holding company Eagle Bidco, majority shareholder of OL, was placed under administration, which excluded the American. But, this Saturday, the Brazilian club Botafogo, chaired by\u2026 Textor, confirmed having filed a complaint against Lyon.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"c-media\">\n<p><iframe title=\"OL : A quel point la situation financi\u00e8re du club est-elle catastrophique ? \" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ultimedia.com\/deliver\/generic\/iframe\/mdtk\/01357940\/zone\/1\/src\/xf3mr5k\/showtitle\/1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBotafogo filed a legal complaint on Friday against Olympique Lyonnais, due to debts which exceed 745 million reais\u201d, or 125 million euros, wrote the Brazilian team on its X account. This complaint relates, according to Botafogo, to several loans granted to OL when John Textor was at the head of the two clubs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough it benefited from the funds received, the French club failed in its obligations, refusing to repay the debt of the Eagle group clubs (Botafogo and Molenbeek), adds the Brazilian club in its press release. This failure to pay has had a direct impact on the operation of Botafogo, compromising financial planning and affecting the ability to renew contracts and recruit players. \u00bb<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olympique Lyonnais thought they were rid of John Textor, but this is not the case. On March 27, the holding company Eagle Bidco, majority shareholder of OL, was placed under administration, which excluded the American. But, this Saturday, the Brazilian club Botafogo, chaired by\u2026 Textor, confirmed having filed a complaint against Lyon. \u201cBotafogo filed a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}