When you are doing as bad as Lyon, the aim is to just stay in the league without bankrupting, if they can do that, even if they have a horrible season, it means success. Avoiding relegation is the only goal they have and only one they should be focusing on.
Textor is no more the owner of the club and Michele Kang a businesswoman took the lead with the help of Michael Gerlinger, Eagle Football Holdings' general manager.
Lyon isn't obliged to sell their players this season from what I understand but they have to reduce the deficit by the end of the next season so selling few players will happen at the end presumably, yet they could advance in Europa League and increase their reward in each step.