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Times are tough for entrepreneur John Textor. While Olympique Lyonnais is having a nightmare at the start of the season and is in the last position of Ligue 1, Botafogo was beaten in the post by Palmeiras in the last race of the Brazilian championship.
Upset by the situation, the club’s owner released a statement on his website on Thursday. In particular, he questioned the name won by Alviverde which, according to him, had suffered several refereeing decisions in his favour.
After accusing the Brazilian Federation of corruption and publishing a report on refereeing, John Textor this time attacked Leila Peireira, current president of Palmeiras, who had already called the American “unbalanced”.
However, John Textor’s media outburst
« Je reste intéressé à travailler avec Palmeiras et tous les clubs du Brésil pour une nouvelle ligue qui aura le soutien du fair-play pour la compétition nationale » peut-on ainsi lire sur le site internet du président d’Eagle Football.
Il a ensuite ajouté : « Je n’ai jamais suggéré qu’elle (Leila Peireira) soit personnellement responsable des actions curieuses et des forces externes qui soutiennent le succès de son équipe […] Palmeiras a bénéficié de l’avantage de 11 contre 10 à onze reprises au cours de la saison 2023, année au cours de laquelle les équipes ont obtenu en moyenne cet avantage à 3 reprises. »
“Botafogo was the first to send the judicial government complex statistics and independent confirmation of the disruptions we can solve for the future. . . for the benefit of us all. Mrs. Pereira. . . Congratulations on the Brasileirão 2023 title,” the businessman concludes ironically.
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Once the Brazilian league has given its final verdict, John Textor will be able to fully concentrate on the catastrophic scenario of OL, which will have a budget of €50 million for the winter transfer market.