Bordeaux Mayor Smashes Gérard Lopez

In fact, Gérard Lopez will have led the Girondins de Bordeaux from Ligue 1 to N2, but he repeats that he avoided the liquidation of the club three years ago. An argument that no longer really goes down well with the Bordeaux sphere, like Bixente Lizarazu or the mayor of Bordeaux, Pierre Hurmic. In recent hours, the politician has added another layer on the chaotic management of the club at the microphone of TV7.

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“We need to imagine the post-Lopez era, that seems obvious to me. Beyond his person, it is the economic model that needs to be changed. We have become, unfortunately, a small club. But we need to experiment with other forms of governance, more cooperative and involving more local people.call the LE representative. But this economic model that depends on an investor and his poor management, since that is the case, cannot continue. It is not just a speculative product. A football club is part of a city’s heritage, we are very attached to it, that is what Gérard Lopez did not understand. That the Girondins are returning to the Stade Matmut Atlantique is a good thing, because playing at Sainte-Germaine was not sustainable.»