The Niort club is demoted as a precautionary measure to National 2 this Wednesday, according to information from France Blue Poitou. The DNCG, the financial policeman of French football, was not convinced by the file presented this Wednesday morning by the leaders, upon departure. The official notification fell this Wednesday evening. The current owners remain confident. They will appeal the decision and intend to present themselves with future investors in 15 days to have this administrative raid canceled.
The cry of alarm from the Niort club coach
The fact remains that even if the club ends up being maintained in the National following the appeal decision, it cannot continue to evolve with aging infrastructure. The Coach, Philippe Hinschberger, utters a cry of anger this Wednesday. He asks Niort town hall, the Departmental Council, the Region and investors to finally sit around the table to discuss the future of the club.
Vincent Hulin
“Set the alarm” – Philippe Hinschberger, coach of Niort
“There are lots of people there looking at each other. Throwing stones at each other in the press. It’s the town hall that can’t see Hanouna, it’s Mikaël Hanouna [Le directeur général des Chamois niortais] who cannot see policies or partners. And at the end of the day, I say to all these people: set the alarm, frankly, wake up! It is not in two weeks, when the club will have disappeared or we will be in R2, that we will have to do it. It will be too late”, rails the coach. “
“Sit around the table and find a solution” – Philippe Hinschberger, Niort coach
“Today, the Chamois Niortais club is an institution. She must be saved. What is the town hall doing? And what does the Departmental Council do? What does the Regional Council do? What are Niortais investors doing? ? What do mutual societies do? Rather than looking at what everyone is doing wrong, at some point, sit around a table and find a solution. How can club leaders and political leaders today let the Niort Chamois die in deafening silence?t?”, asks the coach.
“How can they put a company with 50 employees out of work? We let it flow quietly without anyone saying anything. Frankly, it revolts me”, regrets Philippe Hinschberger.
