Who is John Textor?

John Textor is the maverick owner of Botafogo and demoted Lyon, who is selling his stake in Crystal Palace

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00:30The DNCG will say, and it's clear that I say to the world, we're not getting relegated.

00:52No chance.

00:53It's not happening.

00:54If you're not sustainable and you go bankrupt and you can't pay your bills, you deserve to

00:59get relegated.

01:00What I am concerned about is that we have profound optimism about our business model

01:05around the world.

01:07Sure, our share of skeptics because we do some very unusual things and the world is learning

01:12about our business model as we speak.

01:13But the idea that a warning of the possibility of us missing our numbers could lead to a relegation

01:23and making sure the whole world knows about it now, predicting future difficulty is not

01:29what I think the sustainability governing bodies should be doing.