The stubbornness of Jean-Michel Aulas seems to annoy within the large family of French professional football. While the Rhone president militates for a resumption of Ligue 1, the Premier League union, which has 19 Ligue 1 clubs, has cropped "JMA". "Today, it’s not even a debate anymore, the situation is very clear, there are 19 clubs who have accepted the state’s decision, even if we cannot admit it, we can only find and implement to stop the championship, "said the union through the voice of the president of Stade Rennais, Nicolas Holveck, at the microphone of Europe 1.
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"No more talking about it"
If the union considers "completely legitimate to defend its club", it recalls that the maintenance of Ligue 1 is no longer a subject in college of Ligue 1. The only questioning, according to him, concerns "the future of the Ligue 1 and how to get out of this incredible crisis, with the damage that will arise to our clubs. "
And the president of Rennes to recall that "once again, this decision comes from the President of the Republic (announced by Prime Minister Édouard Philippe, editor's note). We are Republicans and we accept the President's decision, this is no longer the worth talking about. "
A Ligue 1 "more selling than buying"
In addition, the president of the Premier League union Bernard Caïazzo hopes that "all the other European championships will resume, because they are buyers of our players". He adds: "If they did not come to the end, there would be economic repercussions. Since we are more sellers than buyers, we would suffer the strong consequences which could amount to hundreds of millions of 'capital loss euros. We pray every day for them to go to the end, we obey government directives. "