François Ciliento (Girondins Socios): “It is not Gérard Lopez's desire to deal with Socios. On the other hand, we are in contact with Bruno Fievet”

“It’s progressing. So, there are no discussions with Gérard Lopez, because in any case we cannot have a discussion with him, even if only legally speaking, since he is placed in receivership. If a discussion were to take place, it would be with the judicial administrator. And then, it is not Gérard Lopez's desire to deal with Socios. On the other hand, we are in close contact with other investors, Bruno Fievet, not to mention him. I allow myself to say this because this is where we see that the Girondins Socios are not there, just like that, to amuse the gallery… Thanks to our action, we contacted Didier Poulmaire who is a lawyer, who is the trust specialist in France. As part of a trust, we could take part in the club's capital. The trust is to take all the different actors who would be interested, the investors, the town hall, the members, they come under the same entity, and once we have all agreed to buy the club – or in the case of a judicial liquidation which I absolutely do not want – to be able to start on a sound basis with all these different actors. This also allows us to stop this race of 'I have money, I don't have money'. Investors must put the money, along with us, into the trust account. And on that, we put Didier Poulmaire in touch with Bruno Fievet, it was a very good match. Somehow, thanks to our contact, our overview, from the outside, things are moving forward, and we could concretely have something that would allow us to make a proposal to the current owner.”