“I think we’re going to stay in Ligue 1. It’s clear and clear. I know what we’re doing.” Gérard Lopez wants to be reassuring this Thursday on the antenna of France Bleu Gironde. Guest of 100% Girondins, the president of the Marine et Blancs however projected himself on a possible descent into league 2. “There are adjustments that would be sad for a club for Bordeaux […] It is clear that there would be a negative effect for the employees of the club”.
Could a hundred employees be made redundant out of the club’s 260 employees? Its president confirms “very very large orders of magnitude”. The Girondins budget amounts to 117 million euros. The first budget of Ligue 2 reaches only 20 million euros.
But as he had already announced in the press a few days ago, he will not leave the ship. “I still have a responsibility towards the club. Yes I will be there”, he says. The president of the Navy and White came this Thursday to put out the media fire and reassure the supporters, while Bordeaux is 20th, totally adrift.