Ligue 1 have now waded into the row by issuing a statement of their own on Monday, responding to the comments from Textor. It read in part: "We were surprised to see John Textor's comments.

Lyon's American owner John Textor was highly critical of Nasser Al Khelaifi, the Paris Saint-Germain president, and Vincent Labrune, the head of Ligue 1, in an interview for French radio RMC on ...