Will the Girondins de Bordeaux manage to have the club’s demotion canceled? New stage this Friday for the direction of the Navy and White. Gérard Lopez in the lead, she was this Friday at the Commercial Court of Bordeaux to present the agreement reached between the club, its shareholder Jogo Bonito and the creditors King Street and Fortress. The decision of the commercial court is expected on Tuesday and the conciliation before the CNOSF (National Olympic and Sports Committee and French) would finally be postponed to Thursday July 21, said Gérard Lopez during a press briefing after the court hearing. “We want justice to be done” launched the president of the club, “This story would be over if there were no mistakes. Our record is even better so we want justice done.”
The prosecutor was unambiguous – Maître Laurent Cotteret
At his side, the general manager of the club, Thomas Jacquemier, confirmed that the club had presented a file to the court with reduction of the debt and sequestration of 24 million euros. And the club’s lawyer, Laurent Cotteret, to add that “pending the decision of the commercial court, the referral to the CNOSF suspends the decision of the DNCG: legally we are in Ligue 2” . What were the prosecutor’s submissions to the commercial court? “I prefer to let you discover them, the judgment will be public. The prosecutor was without any ambiguity” replied the lawyer.
“We have the funds to go until the end of the season without any sales.” had hammered the president of the club last week in front of the press. Between 200 and 300 jobs are threatened in the event of bankruptcy. If the advisory opinion of the CNOSF is favorable, the decision to keep Bordeaux in Ligue 2 will then have to be approved by the executive committee of the French Federation (FFF). If not, the last option of the Girondins will be to seize the administrative court. The Ligue 2 championship resumes on July 30.