For Bordeaux Le Mag, the journalist France Bleu Gironde, Clement Carpentierexplained that according to him, the people named by Gerard Lopezas Arnaud De Carliare concerned about being too “identified with Gérard Lopez”.
“So, can we call him a vice-president, or not, the same for Guy Cotret. I believe that it is mainly people who try to simplify relationships, with more face-to-face contact, that is clear, which is something important with regard to local institutions, the Bordeaux context. Afterwards, what I regret with these appointments, and yet I know the people well, is appointing people who are once again identified with Gérard Lopez. For me, this is not the right thing to do. We must name people who, like Bruno Irles, John Williams, have no ties, come because they are the Girondins de Bordeaux and not because they are Gérard Lopez. For me, it is essential if we have to rebuild. Gérard Lopez must only keep the role of investor in fact, and put the money where the money should be put, at the time when the money should be put, to try to save the club as little as possible and try to turn it around if he wishes to do so. But the people who are operational, for me, if we want to bring a little serenity around the club, must absolutely not be identified with Gérard Lopez.”
In any case, there needs to be competence in this club, something that has not been available in different sectors, particularly sports.
“The problem of the Girondins de Bordeaux is also a problem of skills on the field in recent years. There aren’t many who have done a good job. I would like someone to name the coach who really had results, the last director who really had results… At a given moment, it’s not just an economic question. Yes, the club was in a complicated economic situation, although last summer there were still very large sums of money that were spent on a Ligue 2 club, so it is also proof that we have still wrong about the choice to build a team. At some point, you have to put competent people in place.”
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