If there are still two months and ten games to play in Ligue 1, it's a nice four-year cycle that ended on Wednesday at the Pierre Mauroy stadium.

Eliminated in the knockout stages of the Champions League by Chelsea, Losc has undoubtedly closed one of the most beautiful chapters in its history.

“The course in the Champions League is successful.

He was magnificent, ”rejoiced Jocelyn Gourvennec despite the elimination against the Blues.

One more step in line with previous seasons

Second in Ligue 1 in 2019, fourth in 2020, French champion in 2021 and qualified in the European top 16 in 2022, the northern club has clearly exceeded its limits for four years.

Many departures to expect at the end of the season

Built largely by Luis Campos and Gérard Lopez, who left the club at the end of 2020, Losc's workforce is about to explode on all sides.

At the end of the contract, the owners Yilmaz Fonte and Xeka should look elsewhere.

Same thing for Renato Sanches, Jonathan David, Sven Botman, Zeki Celik, Jonathan Bamba and even Benjamin André who should look elsewhere at the end of the season.

A great upheaval is preparing for both sporting and economic reasons.

Lille is clearly at the end of the cycle and no one knows when the Northerners will be able to find such heights.

Saturday in Nantes, Lille, sixth in Ligue 1, will play an already important match for European qualification at the end of the season.

After familiarity with the peaks of French football in recent years, Losc is afraid to quickly fall into line;

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