In addition to the imminent arrival of second row Ryno Pieterse and Cameron Holt as medical jokers, two jokers, the Alpine club took advantage of a breakfast with its partners to provide an update on its future performance center and his financial situation.
It was Tuesday morning, in front of the audience of FCG shareholders, that President Patrick Goffi, President of the Supervisory Board Laurent Pélissier and Director of Rugby Aubin Hueber took advantage of a breakfast to take stock of hot issues of the moment. Starting with the Lesdiguières Performance Center project, estimated at a budget of 7.5 million euros, which the club dreams of being able to inaugurate at the end of 2025. Utopia, knowing that if the demolition and construction permits have been submitted, these have not yet been accepted? “We all know that the president is in a very hurry but if everyone follows our deadlines, we hope to start the work in Marchhoped Aubin Hueber. The project is worked on a lot upstream, even if we know that the administrative procedures can sometimes be longer than expected.”
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A nice project made possible by the good financial health of the professional structure, which succeeded in a little over a year in facing the abysmal deficit of 4.3 million euros, and calmly awaits its passage on December 15 in front of the CCCP. As proof(s), the recent recruitment of two medical jokers in the second row in order to compensate for the injuries of Thomas Lainault and Brandon Nansen: the former Castres Ryno Pieterse (26 years old, 1.96m, 106 kg) and the Australian Cameron Holt (1.96m, 113 kg), who should arrive early next week. Furthermore, in terms of good news, the FCG announced the extension for two seasons of its partnership with the Hardis group as main jersey sponsor, as well as the arrival of Nike as the next equipment supplier, after 18 years of loyalty to the Kappa brand. .
1.1 million deficit to be filled for the voluntary sector
This arrival of Nike? It is highly symbolic since the comma brand has signed a contract not only with the professional structure, but also with all the teams in the Association, which have not been equipped this season. This is due to financial difficulties that the professional sector must now take charge of. “There is a total of 1.1 million euros to fill, between the 614,000 this year and the 350,000 the previous year,” pointed out Patrick Goffi. Hence restrictions and drastic cuts make people cringe all the more internally as they are obviously not enough to resolve everything. This is how a new call for patronage was launched to partners… “We are working on this recapitalization of the Association and I will be the first, at the level of my company, to donate a fairly substantial sum, specified Goffi. All structures must be in balance. It is only on this condition that we will be able to build a friendly budget for next season.” By that, mean worthy of the Top 14, if the sporting opportunity were to present itself…
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