There is no recourse planned against the State to claim financial compensation relating to the final cessation of the football season as expressed by the idea Jean-Michel Aulas, said Wednesday Bernard Caïazzo. The president of the syndicate of clubs Premier League said he was "surprised" Thursday of the words of the boss of Lyon.
"It is by no means our intention to enter into this type of procedure," reacted the leader of Saint-Etienne in a statement sent by the Premier League union, the latest episode in the cacophony that accompanied French football. in managing the coronavirus crisis.
A recovery plan under study
"Premier League is currently working on a plan to revive professional football, deprived of revenue for five months," he added. “As soon as possible, it will be studied in concert with the public authorities which have come to the aid, since the beginning of the health crisis, in all the disaster areas. Only this approach occupies all our energy and all our minds, turned towards the economic recovery of our activity and towards the sporting resumption of the 2020-2021 championships ”, continued Caïazzo.
Wednesday evening, Aulas, who challenges before the Council of State the stopping of the season acted on May 30 by the League, had evoked on RMC "a will of the clubs of Ligue 1 to exercise a recourse against the State to claim the 800 million euros of probable financial loss ”due to the cessation of the championship, ensuring that this movement was“ on the initiative of Bernard Caïazzo ”.
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