A dozen suspicious transfers between 1999 and 2001 including that of Peguy Luyindula in Lyon ... The former president of RC Strasbourg from 1997 to 2003, Patrick Proisy, will be tried again in Nancy for irregularities in footballer transactions.
The Court of Cassation partially overturned his 6-month suspended sentence on appeal on Wednesday.
The former club boss, 71, was sentenced to 10 months suspended prison sentence in 2016 in Strasbourg, a reduced sentence on appeal in 2019 in Colmar.
He had been found guilty of complicity in forgery, use of forgery and abuse of corporate assets.
Patrick Proisy had lodged an appeal in cassation, like one of his co-defendants Peter Griffiths, former financial manager of a branch of IMG-McCormack, the group that owned the club between 1997 and 2003, also sentenced to six months of suspended prison sentence for forgery, use of forgery and abuse of corporate assets.
Claude Le Roy had received a fine
The two men had been ordered to repay jointly more than 440,000 euros to the liquidator of the Racing club of Strasbourg.
The various protagonists were prosecuted for false invoices which would have allowed the British branch of IMG-McCormack and various intermediaries to earn commissions on player transfers, to the detriment of the Alsatian club.
Racing was then plunged into a deep sporting and financial slump.
He was demoted to L 2 in 2001, after nine years in the top flight.
The Court of Cassation on Wednesday ordered a new trial at the Nancy Court of Appeal, but only for the offenses of misuse of company property and use of forgery for Mr Proisy, and abuse of company property for Mr Griffiths , as well as for civil interests.
In this case, the former club manager (1998-2000) Claude Le Roy had been fined, as was agent Nicolas Geiger.
Another agent had been released, as was another ex-executive of IMG-UK.
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