The fight is not over. This is more or less the message launched by the president of Amiens SC, after the vote of the General Assembly of the LFP on Tuesday. Vote in favor of a League 1 to 20, and not to 22, in 2020-21, with three quarters of the votes against a quarter. A distribution of voices which gives hope to Bernard Joannin: “We have now been told for months that a league 1 to 22 is impossible and that the unanimity of the football world would be opposed to this solution. However, I note that we have already succeeded in convincing more than a quarter of the voting clubs of the legitimacy of such a format, and we will continue to do so in the coming weeks, "says the boss of the Picard club. Recall that Amiens, 19 at the time of the interruption of the 2019-20 season due to coronavirus, must a priori evolve in Ligue 2 next season, as decided by the LFP Board of Directors on April 30. The Council of State nevertheless retoched the League and suspended this decision for technical reasons last June 9.
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"The only thing that shows this vote, is that it is exclusively the financial interests which lead the members of the GA of the LFP to position themselves against a format at 22, which I regret, continues Mr. Joannin. The question was simply to know if French professional football was ready to show solidarity in this period of exceptional crisis and to share the amount of television rights at 22 rather than 20. The members of the GA of the League replied in the negative. I deeply regret it. ”
"We are in any case ready to file a new application for interim measures before the Council of State"
Bernard JoanninAnd to continue: “This posture does not correspond to the values of French football, which must always prevail and for which I will continue to fight. A solution that respects sports equity and the interests of clubs is perfectly conceivable. I now appeal to the members of the FFF Federal Assembly, who also represent amateur football, to refuse to validate this Friday the FFF / LFP convention which excludes the possibility of a Ligue 1 to 22 season next! We are in any case ready to file a new application for interim measures before the Council of State. ” Recall that Toulouse, the red lantern in Ligue 1, is in the same case as Amiens. Lens and Lorient must go up a notch and join the elite of French football in preparation for next season. Season which should also start at the end of August, a priori the 23. Although, it is also the date targeted by UEFA for the final of the Champions League. The LFP could review its copy, especially as the PSG is still in contention in C1. Olympique Lyonnais too.
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