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French soccer league club Lyon have put most of their players on the transfer market in an attempt to meet financial sales targets before the transfer window closes, French newspaper L’Equipe reported on Thursday.
The newspaper said: “OL management has just sent out the message that from now on almost all players can be sold as long as someone pays the right price.”
The club did not reveal which players were on the transfer list.
The French side are aiming to raise €100 million ($111 million) before the transfer window closes, and L’Equipe reports they still need €75 million to reach their goal.
In the past two months they have spent €134m, more than any other club in France, and in July they spent a record €34m to sign defender Moussa Nyakhat from Nottingham Forest.
Last month, Lyon assured Ligue 1’s finance department that they would achieve cumulative sales of 100 million euros this summer to avoid further restrictions from the league’s financial regulator.
Last December, the club raised more than €300 million to pay down debt.
Olympique Lyonnais is owned by Eagle Football Group, a Paris-listed investment holding company that also owns Botafogo in Brazil, RWD Molenbeek in Belgium and Crystal Palace in England.
John Textor, the American businessman who controls the group, has expressed interest in selling his stake in Crystal Palace in order to buy Everton.
Lyons could not immediately be reached for comment.
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