Lyon stars felt 'confident' but 'powerless' amid financial relegation saga

Paulo Fonseca and Moussa Niakhate both believed Lyon's relegation for financial reasons would be overturned

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00:00It's complicated because we are all salariés of this club.

00:05I think we have all signed for specific buts in this club

00:09to remettre the Olympique Lyonnais in the 2000s.

00:13So it wasn't obvious.

00:15But we are happy because it's a positive issue at the end.

00:19The page is turned off, of course.

00:21I was always calm and confident.

00:26Now, I think the first day was difficult.

00:33Because we don't know about the players.

00:37But then we started working to have a good team.

00:44We are impuited.

00:46We are just impuited.

00:48We are like everyone, we look at.

00:50So it doesn't play on the moral.

00:52For no players, we were just inquiets.

00:55Because to be part of this story that makes the club disappear,

01:00it's not obvious.

01:01Even if we are not responsible, we would have been there.

01:03But today, the morale is good.

01:05We are prepared for a good season.