Seven years later, SC Bastia is still chasing millions

SC Bastia was provisionally relegated to National due to a deficit of 2.3 million euros. The Corsican president's explanations are revealed.

Relegated to National 3 in 2017 due to its deficit of 30 million euros and numerous unpaid invoices which were never paid to service providers due to filing for bankruptcy, SC Bastia is once again in the red. This week, he was relegated as a precaution to the National by the DNCG due to a deficit of 2.3 million euros, with a lifestyle well beyond his means, and especially his income. money. For France 3 Corse, the president of the island club tried to shed light on this once again complicated situation.

« It's not a hole, but it's a “cash impasse.” This is a consequence of the investments that we were able to make and the sale of players carried out with deferred collections. Today we need 2.3 million euros,” delivered Claude Ferrandi, for whom the loss of TV rights also hurt. “There are solutions we are working on to recover money, through collaboration with financial organizations. But it is certain that if we had received the TV rights that we were supposed to receive at the start of the season, we would not be in front of you at this time.” assured the manager of the Corsican club, who also has to face other disciplinary problems, with the latest excesses during the match against Lorient, where the assistant referee received projectiles.