The appeal committee of the National Directorate of Management Control (DNCG), financial policeman of French football, gave the green light, Monday, July 12, to maintain the Girondins de Bordeaux in Ligue 1 for next season by approving the plan of takeover by businessman Gerard Lopez. “The club is saved! (…) It’s a great day for the Girondins, and we will now get down to putting in place this sporting and economic project validated this evening ”, responded Gerard Lopez. This decision “Is accompanied by measures to control the club’s payroll, as well as an obligation to sell players before any acquisition”, underlined the Hispano-Luxembourgish businessman in a press release Monday evening. On July 2, the Girondins had announced that they had been demoted as a precaution in Ligue 2 due to the withdrawal of the majority shareholder King Street after a first hearing before the DNCG. The club had appealed.
