If you live in the Bordeaux region, you may have seen it plastered on a wall or a railing.
In recent days, research notices targeting Frédéric Longuépée, the president of the Girondins de Bordeaux, have been popping up all over the city while the football team is experiencing a black series in the league with four points taken out of 33 during the 11 last days of Ligue 1.
On these western-style posters, the head of the leader of the Girondins appears like that of a fugitive with a reward for the one who finds him: 40,000 euros, the equivalent "of the price he costs each month to the Girondins de Bordeaux. », Can we read in small characters on the assembly.
If they have the merit of being original, these signs probably did not make the manager smile when the club is going through a worrying results crisis: 15th in Ligue 1, the historic club is far from having ensured its maintenance among the elite.
Last week, the Ultrasmarines 1987, a group of Bordeaux ultras, had already launched a similar action by deploying in several places of the city a banner on which could be read "Where is Longuépée?"
in order to denounce the silence of the president and his stubbornness in not intervening in the sports field.
Contacted by the
Girondins4ever
site
, the main group of supporters indicated that this time it was not at the origin of this mysterious unclaimed campaign.
While, match after match, our team dishonors us a little more and the boat never stops sinking, everywhere in Bordeaux, we wonder ... pic.twitter.com/Rcy6ypsRry
- Ultramarines 1987 (@ ub87officiel) April 7, 2021
The President spoke in
South West
The mobilization of Bordeaux supporters seems to pay off, however, since Frédéric Longuépée spoke on Monday in
Southwest
, the day after the slap received against Saint-Etienne (1-4).
The latter justified his withdrawal, arguing that he did not have to intervene on the sporting level.
“The place of a president is not necessarily in the locker room.
I see the players during the week individually.
On match nights, Alain Roche is present and intervenes with the players.
A committed professional group must be able to disregard the context and meet the expectations of its club ”.
But the manager still confirmed that the club was "in danger" before putting the workforce in front of its responsibilities: "It is the players who will get us out of this situation."
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