Bordeaux received Thursday evening the motivations of the appeal committee of the DNCG, financial policeman of French football, confirming its demotion in National, we learned Friday from the club, which is preparing to file an appeal before the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF).
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We are working on it, we are moving forward, it was only a matter of time
," said those around the club, launched in a race against time with the start of the season. Ligue 2, a division in which he hopes to evolve, scheduled for July 30.
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The motivations long awaited by the club with the scapular, of which AFP has obtained a copy, relate to both the substance and the form of the Girondin file.
With still two grievances pointed out by the DNCG.
The first concerns the financial debt, due to the creditors Fortress and King Street (52 million euros).
The body still considers it too high, despite its halving (26.5 million euros) by a transfer of ownership to the company JB Dynamie from Bordeaux President Gerard Lopez.
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In addition, the guarantee in the form of a bond line of credit (14 million euros) to cover the sales of players in the summer transfer window also poses a problem for the DNCG, which would like to see this sum blocked in an escrow account.
Asked about this option on Thursday during a press conference given at Haillan, Gerard Lopez explained that "
the fact of blocking money in an account when in fact it would not be used (Bordeaux plans to sell players for at least 40 million euros during this transfer window) has a cost which, automatically, will puncture the club's budget
".
If the CNOSF agrees with the Bordeaux club, the decision will have to be approved by the executive committee of the Federation (FFF).
If the Girondins do not get the green light to return to L2, their last option will be to go to the administrative court.