Exclusive"Synergies possible with Olympique Lyonnais across all revenue sources" (V. Berthillot, Reign FC)

"Synergies are possible with Olympique Lyonnais across all of Reign FC's current revenue sources: ticketing, sponsorship and merchandising," said Vincent Berthillot, appointed chief operating officer of the US women's football franchise Reign FC (NWSL), acquired by OL Groupe in December 2019, to News Tank Football on 16/01/2020.

"Olympique Lyonnais (Ligue 1 Conforama) is pleased to inform that the exclusive discussions initiated since 25/11/2019 with a view to the acquisition of Reign FC, a founding member of the NWSL (National Women's Soccer League, women's football league in the United States), resulted in the signing of a contract to buy the club's assets for an amount of $3.51m (€3.15m)," announced the holding company that owns Olympique Lyonnais on 19/12/2019.

"This project is part of our current strategy to internationalise the OL brand. We have chosen to work on women's football, which is a field where our expertise is strong, to develop our brand in the United States," added Berthillot, who will officially take up his position with Reign FC in March 2020, after more than six…