Ligue 1 Conforama: "Priority to the sporting side, revival of the project in June 2018" (LOSC Lille)

"LOSC Lille (Ligue 1 Conforama) has already indicated that it takes into account, with all necessary seriousness and consideration, the requests of the DNCG (French body for control of sporting companies) and that the club will put into action all of the necessary means and resources in order to respond," said the club on 03/02/2018, in response to an article in the French sports daily L'Equipe on the same day, which discussed the potential administrative demotion of the club to the Domino's Ligue 2 after the current season, and, as a precautionary measure, the club would have been notified by the controlling authority.

The DNCG announced that it had imposed a "transfer ban" on LOSC Lille for the winter transfer window (from 01 to 31/01/2018) "in the framework of the review of the clubs' situation under the 2017-18 sporting season by the control committee for professional football clubs, on 12/12/2017. The DNCG also added that the Lille club had to deposit a guarantee of €25m in a frozen account in order to demonstrate its ability to meet current management expenditure from now…