In which division will Bordeaux play at the start of the school year?
The appeal of the Girondins, sportingly relegated to L2 in May then administratively to National (3rd division) on June 14, will be examined on Tuesday (2:30 p.m.) by the federal DNCG.
It will be L2, National or even National 3 (5th division) - the level where its reserve team evolves - for the club with the scapular which has had three weeks to prepare for this second oral before the appeal committee of the control body. , to the French Football Federation.
Three weeks of fear and doubts during which the owner, Gerard Lopez, tried to respond point by point to the notifications of the DNCG which necessarily passed through an agreement with its American creditors King Street and Fortress, who hold the debt of the club (52 million euros) and therefore its short-term future.
After many negotiations to find the 40 million euros essential to obtain the green light from the financial policeman and return to L2, he finally snatched this agreement last Friday according to his entourage, relieved.
"
It was a roller coaster but it's signed
", welcomed a close friend of the Spanish-Luxembourg businessman, not really varnished in recent months in terms of football between his ousting at the end of 2020 from the post of president. de Lille crowned six months later, the descent into the amateur world of Mouscron in Belgium, of which he was the majority shareholder, and the financial difficulties of Boavista, a Portuguese club in which he also owns shares.
The agreement in question relates primarily to the income generated by the sale of Aurélien Tchouaméni from Monaco to Real Madrid (20% of the capital gain plus training rights, i.e. 8.3 million euros) which will remain at the club and will not be used to repay part of the debt as the American lenders wanted.
The DNCG was inflexible on this point on June 14th.
Validated by an auditor
As Lopez promised during his first audition, he will put his hand in his pocket to the tune of 10 million euros in the form of a capital increase via his company Jogo Bonito, which, in addition, will recover the transfer of liability for half of the debt (26 million euros) due to the two investment funds.
An operation “
validated by an auditor
” according to those around him.
Finally, Lopez and his creditors have agreed to open a first demand bond line of credit of 14 million euros to cover future sales during the summer transfer window.
The Girondins, who hope to recover around 40 million euros on the sales of midfielder Junior Onana and attackers Hwang Ui-jo, Sekou Mara and Alberth Elis, may never use it.
To see now if all these new documents added to their file will end up convincing the DNCG appeal committee to fish them out in L2, the first day of which is scheduled for July 30.
If so, Bordeaux will have a budget of 40 million euros next season with a payroll of 11 million euros and twelve new players expected.
If this is not the case, he will in theory have the possibility of requesting the CNOSF but given the delays before the study of their case - "
not before the beginning of August
", according to a specialized lawyer -, we would probably go to a filing for bankruptcy, followed by a judicial liquidation and a restart in National 3.
