Lyon aiming for past glory under new American owner Textor
Associated PressPARIS — The last time Lyon won the French league title in 2008, the club’s new American owner was celebrating a prize of his own. John Textor’s visual effects company won an Academy Award for its groundbreaking work on the making of “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” a huge box office hit starring Brad Pitt. Lyon’s run of titles from 2001-08 made it the powerhouse of French soccer as players like Real Madrid great Karim Benzema emerged through the club’s renowned youth academy, and others like free-scoring Brazil midfielder Juninho or Ghana’s ball-winning Michael Essien made their name. We are going to show up and we are going to spend.” Player transfer spending was promised in a capital injection of 86 million euros as part of Lyon’s deal with Textor’s Eagle Football Holdings that valued the club at about 800 million euros.
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