Lyon FC and Crystal Palace are owned by the same partnership group. They both qualify for the Europa League but due to the Multi- club ownership rules of UEFA both teams cannot play in the same competition if they are owned by the same group. One has to forfeit the competition for the other to play. Some people argue that Manchester City and Girona were allowed to play in the same UCL competition last season despite City football Group holding 44% in Girona shares and 100% in Manchester City, but the truth is that they placed their Girona shares on blind trust to be managed by an independent UEFA approved panel which secured compliance with UEFA rules and the both teams were allowed to play.
I saw this news on Facebook yesterday, and I was thinking it was fake news because I thought the person who posted the news wanted to generate traffic on his or her page, but seeing the same news here this morning means that the news is not fake.
Lyon is in a serious financial crisis, and because of that, they have been demoted to the lower division of French football, and I think Lyon will be the one to forfeit their UEFA Europa League slot so that Crystal Palace can play in the Europa League next season since they can't take care of their expenses.Mayor of ogba, the rules of whom to withdraw from the Europa League as a result of dual ownership for same owner doesn't apply that way of a club financial conditions. Following the MCO rules as stated it is rather Lyon that can go for the Europa next season while Crystal palace has to drop because Lyon finished 6th place in their league meanwhile Palace finished 12th in the EPL. So it's who finishes in the least position in their respective leagues that has to drop for the other in such situation.
MCO rules state that if two clubs are in violation of the regulation, the club that finishes higher in the league will play in the European competition. Even though Palace (12th) won the FA Cup and Lyon (sixth) only qualified on a technicality, the league placing alone determines the right to play
ReadI thought since Lyon was demoted to the lower division of French football because of their financial crisis, they would also be denied the chance of participating in next season's UEFA Europa League competition. Thank you for the clarification. Lyon playing in next season's UEFA Europa League competition is a big bonus for them because they use the money they will get from the UEFA Europa League competition to pay part of their debt.