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Eagle Football / John Textor

John Textor’s Eagle Football multi-club group (Olympique Lyonnais, Botafogo, RWDM Brussels and formerly Crystal Palace), its Ares-led financing, the March 2026 administration of Eagle Football Holdings Bidco and the litigation that followed. Latest: what OL Groupe’s 2025/26 annual report shows about the Textor era (27 October 2026).

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