The Date for the DNCG Hearing Has Been Announced!

On December 11, L’OL faces a tense day. According to L’Équipe, club officials will meet with the DNCG (French football’s financial watchdog) in the late morning for a crucial mid-season hearing. This meeting aims to confirm the economic progress made since a tumultuous summer. Previously, the DNCG had administratively relegated L’OL to Ligue 2 but later reinstated them upon appeal in July, while imposing strict limits on wages and recruitment. This situation led many key players to leave, exemplified by Mikautadze’s transfer to Villarreal in the closing days of the transfer window.

While Paulo Fonseca and his team prepare to host Go Ahead Eagles later that evening in the Europa League, Lyon’s decision-makers will be engaged in a different challenge in Paris. The measures established last summer are unlikely to be relaxed this winter, and the club’s executives must demonstrate that the recovery efforts since the near relegation and John Textor’s departure remain solid and credible in the eyes of French football’s financial regulators.