For Bordeaux Le Mag, the journalist France Bleu Gironde, Clement Carpentiermentioned the social plan that will take place at the Girondins de Bordeaux.
“The main mistake that Gérard Lopez made at the start – and even that of GACP and King Street – was that he did not make the decision to restructure the club, instead of continuing and even increasing the financial mismanagement. That, for me, is Gérard Lopez’s basic mistake. When he arrives in 2021, he has to restructure the club as a whole, make sure to reduce costs, expenses, resize the club like a mid-table club in Ligue 1… and he doesn’t even do it again when the club goes down to Ligue 2… Inevitably, at some point, that poses a problem. After a while, your banker can tell you that he’s stopping lending you money because it’s no longer possible, it’s thrown out the window and nothing comes in… In fact, this restructuring, which has become mandatory via receivership – because there’s no other way, the club finds itself in 4th division and there is no more revenue, and for a long time – meant that he was forced to restructure. But his basic mistake was not to have done it when he arrived at the club. That was the time when it had to be done. I don’t know if it would have been less violent than today, but now it is for all the employees. In addition, among those who remain, there are some who have been there for a very long time, who are attached to the club, who are true lovers of the club… it hurts a lot.
In his defense, he couldn’t have known the club was going to go down…
“Yes, except that we are well placed to know that no one can control the hazards of sport, and even less so when you manage a club on the fly, using WhatsApp and emails from all over the world. This is not day-to-day club management. For me, Gérard Lopez manages a football club as he is used to managing his other businesses. There are financial flow managements and this can be managed remotely quite easily. A football club is managed on a daily basis, on site, and not necessarily by him. I have always been doubtful about this story of a deputy president, but installing someone on site, yes. And today, we need someone identified. It would bring a bit of calm and serenity to the club. As long as Gérard Lopez is there, it will be very complicated in this regard. So at least bring a bit of calm with someone identified and competent, which has not been the case over the last three years.”
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