CRYSTAL PALACE co-owner John Textor was seen wearing a cowboy hat as he hit back at Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi following a bitter row.

Leaked footage from a meeting of Ligue 1 owners revealed American Textor, who is the majority owner of Lyon, was called a “cowboy” by the PSG chief.

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Crystal Palace and Lyon owner John Textor was seen wearing a cowboy hat ahead of Lyon v PSG[/caption]

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It comes after PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi called him a cowboy during a TV rights meeting in July[/caption]

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A leaked video prompted Textor to take a sarcastic jibe at his rival president[/caption]

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The American is the chairman of Eagle Football Holdings[/caption]

The leaked video, shared by Complément d’enquête and L’Equipe, saw a video call on July 14, 2024 about the French domestic TV deal descend into a war of words between the two club presidents.

The aim of the meeting was to resolve the French league’s long-running saga of TV rights for the next four years which had left football in the country in crisis mode.

An auction process initially looking to bring in £863million ended up securing a deal worth far less with only two deals being proposed.

The first was a £417m deal with DAZN and beIN Sports which would see DAZN show eight of the nine Ligue 1 fixtures each weekend with beIN show the remaining Saturday evening game.

The second was a far riskier idea to move the league to its own streaming service – a model Premier League bosses considered before signing a new record £6.7bn domestic television deal running for four years from the 2025/26 season.

Emotions boiled over during the tense meeting as the two bosses disagreed over what deal the league should accept, with Textor, 59, being in favour of the streaming model.

Textor accused Al-Khelaifi of being a “bully” and “tyrant”, while Lens president Joseph Oughourlian also accused the PSG chief – also the chairman of beIN Sports – of having a conflict of interest.

Al-Khelaifi, 51, responded by saying: “John, stop talking, you don’t understand anything, you’re from… I don’t know, cowboy, you’re coming, I don’t know (from) where, and you’re talking to us.”

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With the heated argument being publicly revealed this week, Textor chose to walk out at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais stadium ahead of the club’s clash with PSG on Sunday evening.

Going into the game PSG were the league leaders with a 10-point gap to second place side Marseille, while Lyon sat in sixth place and five points off a Champions League qualification spot.

Following a goalless first half, the deadlock was finally broken by Achraf Hakimi in the 53rd minute.

PSG then showed their quality once again as Ousmane Dembele netted a stunning curling shot just before the hour mark.

Rayan Cherki pulled one back for the hosts in the 83rd minute before Hakimi restored the two-goal lead two minutes later.

Lyon found a second goal in injury time when Corentin Tolisso crashed home a header, but they were unable to find an equaliser, ensuring PSG moved 13 points clear at the top of the table.

Textor is the chairman of Eagle Football Holdings, which owns a 45 per cent stake in Crystal Palace.

However, Textor’s role at the Selhurst Park outfit is set to change in the coming months.

It comes after Sportsbank, a group backed by individuals from Saudi Arabia and the United States, announced it had signed an exclusivity agreement to buy the 45 per cent stake for around £230m.

Despite Textor looking to sell his stake in the club, he is reportedly still open to buying the majority of the club if the opportunity arose.

Textor’s company also holds controlling shares in Brazilian club Botafogo and RWD Molenbeek in Belgium.

The company failed with a bid to buy Everton last year, with The Friedkin Group led by fellow American billionaire Dan Friedkin completing a deal to buy a controlling 94.1 per cent stake in December 2024 worth in excess of £400m.

DAVID CLIFFORD’S stunning hat-trick earned Kerry a vital win over Tyrone to ease their relegation worries.

The Kingdom were five points down in the second half — and had two players including Clifford black-carded — yet outscored Tyrone with 13 men to win in Pomeroy.

The Red Hands, who brought Errigal Ciarán trio Darragh and Ruairí Canavan and Peter Harte off the bench, failed to score in the last quarter as Kerry piled on an unanswered 1-5 to grab two big league points.

Darragh Canavan bagged a goal on his return but it was Clifford, also making his first appearance of the year, who was the star of the show.

He said: “The break I had was really enjoyable and when you come back you’re not fully sure where you are because you’re training on your own.

“But it is great to get a win up here. It was a cross-wind and not easy to kick into either goal really.

“We really pressed them on the kickout and it made a massive difference to the drama of the game.”

The game was moved on Saturday from Omagh to Pomeroy, which is the highest village in Ulster.

And it was Clifford who rose to the greatest heights.

With both teams in relegation trouble before the throw-in, Tyrone looked on course to earn a precious win when they led 2-13 to 2-8 with 20 minutes to play.

Darragh Canavan, on as a sub for his first Tyrone appearance of 2025, and Mark Bradley scored goals in the third quarter as they stretched their 0-11 to 1-5 interval lead out to five points.

Joe O’Connor got a black card for hauling Darragh Canavan down as Kerry conceded a penalty, which Bradley booted into the net at the second attempt.

It was soon followed by a Clifford black card but he came back on to complete his hat-trick with another left-footed shot past Niall Morgan.

That drew Kerry level with four minutes to play and with the visitors pressing up on Tyrone’s kickouts and the home side unable to get any supply to their dangerous forwards.

Kerry controlled the closing stages and tapped over the insurance points.

Tyrone remain second from bottom in Division 1 with just two points from four games and difficult away games to come against Galway and Donegal.

Just as they did against Derry, Kerry staged a late rally to pick up the points on the road.

Despite losing both homes games so far to Donegal and Dublin, they move into mid-table safety with four points.

After such a poor display in Castlebar a week earlier, this was a much-improved performance by Tyrone, at least until the critical final quarter.

Yet the outcome was still the same and it may turn out to be a damaging defeat for them in terms of staying up.

Malachy O’Rourke’s side did not score in the opening 13 minutes and quickly found themselves four points down.

David and Paudie Clifford, Brian O Beaglaoich and Dylan Geaney were on target — and Eoin McElholm was sin-binned for the hosts.

Although a swirling breeze was making it difficult to kick into both goals, Michael McKernan and Conn Kilpatrick made light of the elements by booting three two-pointers from play between them.

Darragh Canavan then nailed a two-point free to put Tyrone 0-11 to 0-5 ahead before the first of Clifford’s goals right on the stroke of half-time.

After the interval Morgan made a good save from David Clifford, who then also struck the crossbar.

Tyrone broke up the field with Bradley finding Darragh Canavan who drilled it high into the net, Tyrone now 1-12 to 1-6 up.

But David Clifford was in irresistible form, collecting Paul Geaney’s delayed pass and lashing home his second.

The black cards for O’Connor and Clifford were far from fatal blows and despite playing against 13, Tyrone failed to manage the game and it was all Kerry in the closing stages.

When David Clifford returned he stroked home a third goal to swing the game Kerry’s way.

TYRONE: N Morgan; A Clarke, P Teague, N Devlin; M McKernan 0-4, 2 tp, R Brennan, F Burns; B Kennedy, C Kilpatrick 0-2tp; M O’Neill, M Donnelly, C Daly; D McCurry 0-2f, M Bradley 1-1, E McElholm. Subs: D Canavan 1-4, 2f, 1 tpf for O’Neill 22 mins; R Canavan for McCurry 47; S O’Donnell for Burns 51; P Harte for Donnelly 59; K McGeary for McElholm 66.

KERRY: S Ryan; D Bourke, J Foley, D Casey 0-1; G O’Sullivan 0-1, M Breen, B O Beaglaoich 0-1; D O’Connor 0-1, J O’Connor 0-1; D Lyne, P Clifford 0-1, R Murphy; D Clifford 3-3, 2f, P Geaney 0-3f, D Geaney 0-1. Subs: C Geaney for D Geaney 46 mins; BD O’Sullivan for Murphy 56; M Burns for P Geaney 64; P Murphy for O Beaglaoich 68.

REFEREE: P Neilan (Roscommon).

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Time to rearm

TODAY marks three years since the start of Vladimir Putin’s brutal invasion of Ukraine — a war that has seen more than 1.3million killed or injured.

Brave Volodymyr Zelensky’s offer yesterday to step down as Ukrainian president — in answer to Donald Trump’s bogus charge that he is a dictator — shows his commitment to peace.

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Brave Zelensky’s offer to step down as Ukrainian president shows his commitment to peace[/caption]

But he is not the problem.

Blood-soaked Putin has already sacrificed more than 860,000 of his own soldiers and is no more bothered by current losses of 1,500 a day than he is by the deaths of 12,000 Ukrainian civilians ruthlessly targeted by his forces.

He is supported in this slaughter by the terrorists of Tehran and North Korean madman Kim Jong-un.

Meanwhile, China watches on.

The world is a very dangerous place right now and Europe cannot keep relying on America to fight its battles.

Even pacifists like Stephen Fry recognise that increasing spending on defence is not about ideology. It’s about self-preservation.

Sir Keir Starmer hinted that Britain will raise defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP by 2030 and offer 30,000 peace-keeping troops for Ukraine.

But that is meaningless when we don’t have 30,000 troops to spare, when 2.5 per cent is not enough and 2030 is too far away.

What are we waiting for?

Jab safety

THE number of deaths from weight loss and diabetes jabs like Ozempic and Mounjaro shows they are not always the silver bullet that slimmers crave.

Used properly, these so-called “fat jabs” can be transformative for those who are overweight or have diabetes.

Wrongly taken, they can be dangerous.

Endorsed by celebrities, there is huge demand for the jabs but — as our investigation reveals — they are far too easy to get hold of.

Drug dealers have even started adding them to their menu of illicit offerings.

No one doubts the benefits of these drugs, but it is vital they are prescribed by a doctor or reputable medic or more tragedies will follow.

Thought crime

IT’S no wonder real crimes go unpunished when police are busy knocking on pensioners’ doors to warn them not to criticise Labour councillors on social media.

It appears we now live in a country where burglars and shoplifters are given a free pass while innocent people are hounded for thought crimes or just daring to say that the authorities are getting things wrong.

Police should file these ludicrous complaints of non-crime hate incidents in one place — the waste-paper basket.