Vincent Romain: “At the stadium it has become a bit random, with this nightclub that was created, with a chain mail lounge in the presidential lounge…”

On France Inter, the Sud Ouest journalist Vincent Romainspoke about the nightclub project within Matmut Atlantique, during the American era at the Girondins de Bordeaux.

“There was all the commercial and business development in parallel, and there at the stadium it became a bit random, with this nightclub which was created almost in the basement of the stadium, with a lounge in chain mail in the presidential lounge… It was really for the super VIPs. It was very surprising, completely disconnected from sports, since at the time certain managers said that whatever the results, the stadium had to be filled, and if good products are offered to the spectator, it will be full. “No, obviously, the main trigger for purchasing a ticket is the athlete and the results.”

Moreover, for several months, Lyon supporters have been worried about seeing their club end up like FCGB, following the arrival of John Textor. Is this justified?

“If this club can suffer the same fate as the Girondins? I don’t know Lyon’s situation very well, although I understand that it’s not very brilliant in terms of cash flow either. In any case, if the Lyon leaders want to know what you absolutely must not do when you are at the head of a club, you have to look at everything that has been done to the Girondins de Bordeaux over the past six years, it is the manual you should definitely not follow.”