OL: John Textor called an idiot – Olympique Lyonnais

The owner of Olympique Lyonnais doesn’t just have friends in football. And John Textor understood this in a very brutal way.

If in France, the leaders of Ligue 1 clubs behave fairly well verbally, in Brazil, when we have something to say, we do it without any oratorical precaution. And this is particularly the case for Leila Pereira, brilliant businesswoman and fifth richest woman in her country, who since 2021 has led the Palmeiras club. A team currently tenth in the Brazilian championship. Invited to speak on the recurring comments of John Textor, who accuses Brazilian football of being the victim of widespread corruption, the tone quickly escalated. Because if the owner of OL, who also owns Botafogo, was summoned before the authorities to explain himself and provide proof of his statements, all this is starting to seriously annoy Leila Pereira. And she therefore attacked John Textor directly, the latter having pointed the finger at Palmeiras. At the beginning of April, this club even initiated legal action against the American.

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Leila Pereira got in the middle of John Textor and poked him in the trikas

“What manipulation is there, when we beat SP 5-0?”
“This is crazy… I think HE’S CRAZY” pic.twitter.com/N2xsRELbT4

— MeuPalmeirasX ???????????? (@MeuPalmeirasX1) April 23, 2024

Guest of the show Roda VivaLeila Pereira responded to the accusations of the American businessman concerning a “ manipulation » of Brazilian football. And she didn’t go out of her way to say all the bad things she thought of John Textor. “ We have already filed civil action against him and requested a police investigation. He keeps talking and talking, but he proves absolutely nothing. I think it’s an aberration, it’s a shame. Many people wonder why he does this. I don’t know what’s going on in this man’s head, pardon my expression, but he’s an idiot (…) What this John Textor thinks is that Brazil is a disaster and that the authorities don’t do nothing. So to stop this, the High Court of Sports Justice should ban this man from being involved in football. I don’t know if I can speak to how the High Court of Sports Justice should behave, but we are in a democracy and that is what I think “, launched the manager, who also described Johh Textor as “ fou ».