"I'd like to be remembered for giving priority to the development of women's football" (J-M. Aulas)

"What would I like to be remembered for? I would give priority to the development of women's football, which, not only in Lyon and in France, has now rightly acquired its reputation. Then, to have tried to create a model so that the club survives all the storms," said Jean-Michel Aulas, president of Olympique Lyonnais (Ligue 1 Uber Eats/D1 Arkema), in an interview given to the French daily newspaper Le Figaro as part of the release of his autobiography "Chaque jour se réinventer" (Reinventing yourself every day, Editions Stock), on 19/04/2023.

When asked about the difference between traditional businesses and football clubs, the founder of CEGID, a company specialised in management software that he sold in 2016, mentioned the lack of regulation that he believes threatens football: "Business has the advantage of having protection and competition rules imposed by the European Community. Unfortunately, this regulation does not exist in football which, given the extremely high risk areas, will one day be subject to an earthquake. Beware if tomorrow Qatar decides to stop financing French…