Lyon relegation revoked, blow to Palace UEL hopes

Lyon's relegation to Ligue 2 has been overturned by the French shot federation connected Wednesday aft an entreaty by the club, jeopardising Crystal Palace's hopes of playing successful the Europa League adjacent season.

The DNCG, a French shot authority, sanctioned Lyon connected June 24 and relegated them owed to fiscal issues. Lyon lodged an entreaty and connected Wednesday they presented to a committee with a caller program to person them to overturn the archetypal decision.

The main contented was a indebtedness of €541 cardinal ($634m) owed by the nine and a massively inflated wage measure without overmuch currency flow. To get their spot backmost successful Ligue 1, Lyon request a currency injection of €100m and to bring different €100m to service arsenic a warrant for the adjacent 2 years.

"Olympique Lyonnais welcomes today's determination by the DNCG to support the nine successful Ligue 1," Lyon said successful a statement. "[Lyon] acknowledgment the appeals committee for recognizing the ambition of the club's caller management, (which is) determined to guarantee superior absorption successful the future."

John Textor, Lyon's proprietor via his holding institution the Eagle Football Group and the club's president, was forced to measurement down from the committee and his relation of president by his associates. Michele Kang, a shareholder successful Eagle Football Group and palmy businesswoman, is present successful charge.

"The caller management, supported by the committedness and dedication of our shareholders and lenders, is highly grateful for each the enactment received some wrong and extracurricular the club," Lyon added. "Today's determination is the archetypal measurement successful restoring assurance successful Olympique Lyonnais. We tin present absorption our attraction connected our sporting objectives, afloat preparing for adjacent season."

Textor besides owns a involvement successful Palace, via Eagle Football Group. He is successful the process of a merchantability to New York Jets proprietor Woody Johnson for £190m ($254m) but that woody is yet to beryllium confirmed

According to UEFA regulations, if a enactment has much than a 30% involvement successful the 2 antithetic clubs, they cannot enactment successful the aforesaid European competition.

UEFA had antecedently said that Lyon would not beryllium allowed to play successful Europe should they person been relegated.

Palace indispensable person UEFA that they person capable diverged from Lyon to instrumentality portion successful the Europa League. A root told ESPN that a determination is expected wrong the adjacent fewer days.

Information from Reuters, The Associated Press and ESPN's Dale Johnson contributed to this report.