It is an unnamed ordeal that the supporters of the Girondins de Bordeaux live. On the ground, the men of Jean-Louis Gasset are hard to see: 8 defeats in their last 9 matches and a 16th place in Ligue 1. Behind the scenes, it's worse: the majority shareholder King Street has withdrawn . "These circumstances have led the President to protect the Club by placing it under the protection of the Commercial Court of Bordeaux," the club said in a press release last Thursday. Filing for bankruptcy is less and less taboo. And that, François Pinault does not support it. In an open letter sent to our colleagues in the
South West
and addressed to his “colleagues, owners of Bordeaux grands crus”, the owner of Château Latour, 3rd fortune in France and 27th fortune in the world, shared his concern.
“I am moved at the idea of seeing the Girondins de Bordeaux in danger of disappearing,” wrote Pinault.
Breton and owner of Stade Rennais, I have been measuring for decades how much the identity of a club and if possible its successes are part of the social contract in a region. "
François Pinault calls on the world of wine for a project to take over the Girondins https://t.co/3Om4C9DLbCpic.twitter.com/sgeoKTSh8F
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"What is the economic force which, in this region, can give itself the objective of safeguarding the Girondins and of developing them?" The world of wine and in particular the owners of great wines, ”Pinault believes. The 84-year-old businessman, who has the third largest fortune in France, cannot "set up a project to take over the Girondins" because of his involvement in Rennes. But he assures us: he will bring his “support” and his “enthusiasm” to “any operation set up by the wine players”. "I therefore call on my fellow owners to meet in order to prepare a plan to take over the Girondins", concludes François Pinault. Many Girondins figures, including Christophe Dugarry, Bixente Lizarazu or Elie Baup, have shared their dismay over the club's situation in the scapular, in Ligue 1 since 1992.
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