Between the health crisis and the TV rights crisis, Ligue 1 clubs are suffering economically. It is therefore difficult to succeed in being optimistic in recent months. With the return of the championship on Canal +, the clubs will have to share 478 million euros when more than double had been promised them several months ago by Mediapro.
Asked in Progress on the economic situation of the club, Jean-François Soucasse, general manager of Saint-Etienne, remains cautious. “The more loyal sponsors you have with pretty packed stadiums like ASSE the more impacted you are. (…) With the sale of Wesley Fofana and the project initiated by Claude Puel, ASSE has started a virtuous circle faster than the others “ he explained before giving an idea of the club’s losses over the season (we were talking about around 50 million deficits at the end of the year). “The orders of magnitude are a little lower. (…) The reality is that the club implemented actions before my arrival and anticipated this unprecedented economic situation. “