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Girondins de Bordeaux have been relegated administratively to Championnat National 1 which is the third tier of French soccer due to their perilous financial situation while AS Saint-Etienne were visited by the authorities this week as part of an investigation into illegal player registration. Both sides were relegated from Ligue 1 which is the French topflight at the end of the 2021/22 campaign although dropping further was always a possibility for Bordeaux given that they were administratively saved last summer after flirting with liquidation.
“Girondins de Bordeaux will appeal the DNCG’s decision to relegate the club to National 1,” the team said in a statement. “It is with dismay that FCGB notes the DNCG’s decision to announce an administrative relegation to the third tier. The club will obviously appeal the decision immediately. This brutal decision, after nearly two hours of hearings in good conditions, deprives the club of continuing its strategy to clean up its finances and write a new page in Bordeaux’s history.
“Heard on June 14 by the DNCG, the club presented a guaranteed re-engagement of the majority shareholder of $10.4 million, an agreement with the club’s debtors as well as offers for a few players more than the total targeted amount. The club remains confident in its ability to demonstrate a solid project for the 2022-23 season and the appeal will grant time to finalize new solutions to ensure Ligue 2 status.”
Saint-Etienne and Angers SCO who are currently in the process of an American takeover are both being investigated due to suspicious player registration and agent activity with several player representatives investigated…
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Source : cbssports
