The ASSE responded to Médiapart’s information, citing the Loire club among the Ligue 1 clubs on the brink of bankruptcy, following the Covid-19 crisis. ” False information and manipulation Shouts AS Saint-Etienne.
ASSE in good financial health despite the crisis?
In an official press release, ASSE denied the information published by Mediapart concerning the financial situation of the Loire club. According to the source,AS Saint-Etienne show a deficit of € 127.6 million at the end of the truncated 2019-2020 season. Information rejected as a whole by the club of Roland Romeyer and Bernard Caïazzo. “AS Saint-Etienne categorically denies the information published by certain media concerning its financial situation which remains under control despite the crisis, which our chartered accountants can demonstrate. It also deplores the erroneous and misleading interpretation of confidential and anonymized documents from the Professional Football League (LFP) “, denied the club, while recalling that” ASSE is the only Ligue 1 club to have presented balanced accounts for the past nine seasons, thus constituting comfortable equity. ”
ASSE announces lawsuits against Médiapart
“This false information and the comments associated with its dissemination seriously harm the club, which therefore intends, as the LFP did, to file a complaint to protect its interests. In addition, in this period of unprecedented health and economic crisis, the ASSE can only regret such irresponsible as inadmissible manipulations. (…). The club is already reassuring its environment (supporters, partners, communities, banks, insurance, other clubs, players, agents, etc.) on the merits of the measures it has taken to ensure its sustainability and allow to cope with the exceptional situation encountered by all players in professional football, “argued Sainté.
By ALEXIS
Posted on May 22, 2020 at 8:50 PM |
updated on May 22, 2020 at 20:50