Expected to become the future president of Olympique Lyonnais to replace Jean-Michel Aulas in three to four years, Tony Parker is not yet unanimous.
And for good reason, the current president of ASVEL is still quite far from the world of football, and he obviously has not grasped all the codes of such an environment. At least that is what the permanent correspondent of RMC in Lyon, Edward Jay, made it clear in After Foot. For the journalist, very close to the Rhone club for years, the former NBA basketball player has the nasty tendency to take his interlocutors high, which could quickly harm him in an environment like football. So beware of the fire, Tony Parker may not be the ideal president for Olympique Lyonnais…
“Tony Parker comes to Lyon for two months a year, but if he wants to be president of OL, you have to be in the city 365 days a year. If he is president, it is totally different from what he is doing at the moment. Then, I remind you that he is in an environment, basketball, which is not very publicized, where he can do what he wants. And personally, I tell you, he takes a lot of people high in Lyon, because he is Tony Parker, he has a huge career. I don’t mind Edward Jay, a simple reporter. But that draws a whole state of mind that he must change ” warned the journalist, who is still far from convinced that Tony Parker has the cards in hand and the appropriate behavior to become the president of a football club the size of Olympique Lyonnais.
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