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Published Monday December 23, 2024 at 07:00 In: Le Havre.
By Guillaume Conte
Like Montpellier, Le Havre was almost unable to strengthen this summer due to budgetary problems linked to the collapse of television rights. The Norman club hoped to be able to build on the successes of last season to exist in Ligue 1 but this is not currently the case. Eliminated by Saint-Brieuc (N2) in the Coupe de France, the HAC is 17th in the championship and inevitably, the atmosphere is tense within the oldest club. Before going on vacation for the Christmas break, Mathieu Bodmer delivered a salty message to his players in the wake of their disarming elimination in Brittany.
The former player of LOSC, OL, PSG and Saint-Etienne in particular made it known that he would not hesitate to take very heavy sanctions against those who did not respect the jersey of the oldest club. The HAC sports director even asked the troublemakers to denounce themselves. “ Players who no longer want to return to the club in 2025 just have to raise their hands. We will find solutions. We showed a lack of respect for the club and the supporters. We had a calendar year that was not far from catastrophic », Underlined Bodmer, for whom 2024 has indeed been very complicated with 24 defeats in 36 matches. The bar must therefore be raised urgently to save the club from a return to Ligue 2.
