More than two hundred followers of Bordeaux Girondinsa club plunged into a sporting and financial collapse, revealed on Tuesday before the Commercial Court of Bordeaux to demand the resignation of the president of the French club, Gerard Lopezbefore considering an application to place the club under receivership.
“Gerard, go now” and “López, López, resign,” shouted the fans, who gathered peacefully in the Plaza de la Bolsa, with t-shirts, scarves, flags and caps in the colors of the six-time champion of Francethreatened with suspension of payments in the worst case scenario.
“We are here to save the club,” a fan of the French team told AFP. “Gerard Lopez Want to stay in the club, so we are here to show our support for the employees and try to push Lopez towards the exit door,” said the fan.
He Girondins12th in Ligue 2was experiencing serious financial problems and was administratively demoted to the National (French 3rd division) by the financial control body of French football.
The owner of the club, the Spanish-Luxembourgish businessman Gerard Lopezrefused to put his hand in his pocket again after investing almost 60 million euros with his partners in the French club from 2021.
On Thursday, the team renounced its professional status, obtained in 1937, in hopes of reducing its wage bill by shedding its players with professional contracts and returning to national either National 2 (fourth division). However, the commercial court can also order the liquidation of the club, which was already subject to such a measure in 1991.
“We’re ahead of the curve Commercial Courtwe have to choose and, regardless of the choice, it’s a disaster, the club is dying,” lamented a fan of Girondins. Even though he believes that “Gerard Lopez is not the only one responsible,” he hopes the club can “start again from the bottom on the right foot, with people who are not greedy.”
The ultras group of the French club ‘Ultramarines’ announced in a statement on Sunday that the future of Girondins should be “written without Gerard Lopez. “The commercial court may consider that he is no longer the right person for the job.”
Source: La Verdad
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