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Original Title: Former Lyon president John Textor: “Cherki was supposed to go to PSG for €15m. There was a very unusual clause in his contract, which wasn’t a true release clause, but it still gave him some leeway to leave.”
“Cherki was supposed to go to PSG for €15m. There was a very unusual clause in his contract, which wasn’t a true release clause, but it still gave him some leeway to leave.”
“In the end, if he had been entirely our player without all these complications, we would have gotten more for him.”
“But getting over €30m for a player whose release clause was set well below that amount, I think financially, we did as well as we could. When a player who came through the OL academy leaves and performs so well at a higher level, obviously it adds value to OL and to the academy for the future.”
“So, I think we should simply be proud of what he’s doing. It’s literally a collection of human highlights that we’re all watching. It just so happens he plays for my favorite club when I was young, Manchester City, so I’m not completely upset about it.”