ExclusiveCovid-19: "We have to talk about not resuming the season" (L. Nicollin, Montpellier HSC)

"You have to ask yourself all the questions and use common sense. But we have to talk about the possibility of not resuming the season. When I hear that we're going to start again on 30/04 or in May until 30/06/2020, I find it laughable because we don't know what will happen with the pandemic. No one can say when we're going to resume," said Laurent Nicollin, president of Montpellier Hérault Sport Club (Ligue 1 Conforama), to News Tank Football on 23/03/2020.

"Following announcements by the President of the French Republic (Emmanuel Macron) in response to the health crisis linked to Covid-19, the LFP board of directors unanimously decided to immediately suspend the Ligue 1 Conforama and Domino's Ligue 2 championships until further notice," announced the French Professional Football League on Friday 13/03/2020.

"After the President's speech (16/03/2020), the club closed with containment measures and therefore six or seven people are working from home. The others, notably the players, are temporarily unemployed," added the CEO of the Nicollin Group (specialised in urban cleaning…