TFC, like forward Aaron Leya Iseka here, doesn't really seem to know where he's going. - Daniel Cole / AP / Sipa

  • While Amiens multiplies the media initiatives to try to stay in Ligue 1, Toulouse, the other club condemned to relegation, chose silence.
  • The greatest fog reigns around the club, which could change hands this summer.

Petition, omnipresence of President Bernard Joannin. support from local elected officials… Impossible to escape the legal and media fight started by Amiens SC to obtain its maintenance in Ligue 1, despite its penultimate place during the freezing of the championship. Meanwhile, at TFC, it's the flat encephalogram. A bit like on the ground, before the premature end of the competition due to Covid-19: three wins, four draws and 21 defeats in 28 days, for an indisputable red lantern, already in difficulty in previous years.

The last publication on the official website dates back to April 30, to announce sales at the club store. The same day, the LFP acted the end of the season, stopped since the beginning of March, and therefore the descent of the last of L1 with Amiens. Since then, Joannin has made it clear, as reported by France Bleu Occitanie, that Toulouse President Olivier Sadran was also filing a request. But any request for confirmation from the club brings the laconic response: "no comment".

Local politicians behind Amiens, not behind TFC

The deputy Modem of Haute-Garonne Jean-Luc Lagleize, with his press release of support, seems quite alone: ​​the whole of the local political world does not push behind the TFC like its Picard counterpart. "We have granted facilities to the club, I am aware of the situation in which it finds itself, just like the Stade Toulousain, explained Friday the mayor of Toulouse and president of the metropolis Jean-Luc Moudenc (LR). Sport is seriously threatened, but is it my role to support a remedy? I don't think so, it's not the role of a local community. "

The city of Amiens also challenges the relegation of the club to Ligue 2 via @ 20minutesSport https://t.co/U0CB3XeVzM

- 20 Minutes Sport (@ 20minutesSport) May 17, 2020

The elected official also claims to have no information on the possible sale of the club, even if he is "in touch" with Sadran. After the Sino-American track, Olivier Létang seemed to be in pole position to establish himself in a club that Sadran, absolute master of the Ramier Island since 2001, says he is ready to let go, completely or in part. But on Saturday, RMC Sport announced that the former president of Rennes would probably not come to the Stadium, either as an investor or as a sports director.

"The players and their families ask themselves a lot of questions"

The situation therefore remains very nebulous and the health and economic contexts, as uncertain as they are anxiety-provoking, contribute to densifying the fog. "The players and their families are asking themselves a lot of questions," says a good connoisseur of the local context. Who will be the president? Will there be a sports director? Who will be the coach? "

Unlike coach Denis Zanko and his staff, some members of the workforce hardly have any questions to ask about their future in Violet: Yaya Sanogo is coming to the end of the contract, Nicolas Isimat-Mirin, William Vainqueur, Jean-Victor Makengo and Lovre Kalinic at the end of the loan. So many elements that will not discover Pau or Dunkirk next season, in the event of (very likely) downhill in L2. We can hardly imagine Max-Alain Gradel, Wesley Saïd, Matthieu Dossevi and their big salaries staying in the ante-room of the elite.

For now, the date for resuming training is not fixed. "There are several hypotheses, depending on health developments," says one on the side of the club. Among supporters, the blur is also in order, if only to know the terms of the reimbursement of subscriptions. “We have had absolutely no news from the TFC since our last meeting with Olivier Sadran in February, says Jean-Philippe Dinh, a historic fan, notably founder of the Viola Club. I just hope the players have more info than we do. " Not sure.

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