Promoted to Ligue 2 this season, FC Martigues is in dire straits on a sporting and financial level.
Relegated after 9 days, the Provençal team did not succeed in the seduction operation of playing at the Vélodrome and lost almost 200,000 euros on each Ligue 2 match played in front of the low attendance observed. From now on, to limit the damage, FC Martigues will play in Gueugnon for its home matches, more than 400 kilometers from the southern city. Not enough to help you maintain your sporting skills.
Battle with former rulers
But there are other problems that worry owner Lepa Galeb-Roskopp, who took over the club with her husband in the spring of 2023. She denounced the club’s debts and unpaid bills, believing that the money had was mismanaged last season and that this behavior was not acceptable. “ Once all invoices have been reviewed and verified, we will honor them. I plan to hold accountable people who acted dishonestly and knowingly. I’m not looking for anything other than transparency », Said the American owner, very accusatory against the former managers. A way of accusing those who managed the club before she arrived. The hole in the coffers therefore continues to widen, while suppliers or even a former patron demand money from FC Martigues.
For his part, in La Provence, the former president of the club before its takeover, denounces catastrophic choices, such as going to play at the Vélodrome. And Vincent Labrune gets his due in the process. “ When I hear everything I hear… In one month, they destroyed four years of work. They can do nothing for the TV rights, where 1.5 ME are missing. That’s the fault of the president of the LFP… But the Vélodrome, everyone knew that it would be economic and sporting bullshit. When we come in saying that you know better than everyone, it doesn’t work », denounced Alain Nersessian, who wants to lecture the Martégase owners who were convinced that playing at the Vélodrome would be a good deal.
