[Football] Bordeaux Collapse

[US Seagull]

Why Bordeaux will GIVE UP their professional club status as shocking news breaks

Player contracts will be terminated, while the training centre will close 😱 ❌

www.givemesport.com

From Ligue 1 champions in 2009 to semi-pro.

They played a friendly against Southampton yesterday

Report: Saints claim entertaining win over Bordeaux | Southampton FC | News

Southampton continued their winning start to pre-season with a 3-2 victory over Girondins de Bordeaux in the heat of Girona.

www.southamptonfc.com

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Terrible.

This news should cut to the heart of every Brighton fan.

 

[Comrade Sam]

That is shitty. However, I thought this was a job for Suella Braverman and the Reform anti lifeboat brigade.

 

[Doc Lynam]

Such a shame, a beautiful city like Bordeaux really should have a top tier competitive football club.

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

Such a shame, a beautiful city like Bordeaux really should have a top tier competitive football club.

I was having the same conversation the other day about Bradford.

 

[The Lemming Stomper]

The fans will rightly have something to wine about, lots of sour grapes forsure

 

[US Seagull]

Terrible.

This news should cut to the heart of every Brighton fan.

Every football fan.

 

[Lenny Rider]

The first domino to fall?

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

The first domino to fall?

Nah. I'm backing Pisa.

 

[Change at Barnham]

I went to their stadium during the Euros (8 yrs ago?).
It was a beautifully designed 'proper' football ground, it's a massive shame it won't be hosting top class football.

 

[el punal]

The fans will rightly have something to wine about, lots of sour grapes forsure

There’ll be a lot of claret spilled that’s for sure - where’s there a Medoc when you need one?

 

[Guinness Boy]

Our U21s lost to them 3-0 a few days ago.

 

[Wardy's twin]

Good post by Stan Collymore on twitter (usually not a fan of his) , good summary paragraph.

'The truth is, without a more robust English pyramid and big £ going into the top 2 leagues in particular, Bordeaux's plight could easily been one of our top 10 historical clubs. Easily. We just have more money than sense to get out of it'.

 

[zefarelly]

Nah. I'm backing Pisa.

THey were underpinned by a trust fund years ago weren't they? It's not visible, but just enough of a 'prop'

 

[ken tiler]

Wsnt Gus their manager a while back?

 

[Easy 10]

Ligue 1, a mediocre league, no longer has the likes of Neymar, Messi or Mbappe, which is why the TV rights have gone down the toilet. Canal+ haven't bothered for years.

This is the reality of the reliance on TV revenues. Bordeaux will not be the only ones to suffer.

 

[Paris]

Ligue 1, a mediocre league, no longer has the likes of Neymar, Messi or Mbappe, which is why the TV rights have gone down the toilet. Canal+ haven't bothered for years.

This is the reality of the reliance on TV revenues. Bordeaux will not be the only ones to suffer.

Amazon and Canal+ have been sharing the coverage of Ligue 1 for a while in France.

DAZN and Bein Sports have recently purchased the rights for the upcoming season until 2029.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Amazon and Canal+ have been sharing the coverage of Ligue 1 for a while in France.

DAZN and Bein Sports have recently purchased the rights for the upcoming season until 2029.

I think I read earlier that the clubs will all have to sport Visit Qatar badges on their kit for that deal.

 

[Pavilionaire]

Raise your glasses please for the '24 Chateau D'Reims Cabernet Baire - corked.

 

[dstanman]

Amazon and Canal+ have been sharing the coverage of Ligue 1 for a while in France.

DAZN and Bein Sports have recently purchased the rights for the upcoming season until 2029.

Did not TNT Sports show Ligue 1 in UK last season? Don't know if they are showing this season