Ligue 1 Uber Eats: "My equity will disappear in a snap" (L. Nicollin, Montpellier HSC)

"I'm lucky to have eleven years in Ligue 1 behind me, so I have equity -- I am the third or fourth club in equity -- but unfortunately this will disappear in a snap. Years and years of serene management which will fade away suddenly because overnight we have nothing left," stated Laurent Nicollin, president of Montpellier Hérault Sport Club (Ligue 1 Uber Eats), in the French daily Le Parisien on 18/12/2020.

French professional clubs, already facing an unprecedented crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic, are also suffering from Mediapro's default on the TV rights to Ligue 1 Uber Eats and Ligue 2 BKT, which the Chinese-Spanish audiovisual group has now officially surrendered back to the French Professional Football League.

"The withdrawal of Mediapro is something that we did not expect, but which actually adds to the complicated period in terms of transfers, the absence of fans in the stadium, sponsorship problems with boxes and VIP spaces, etc. In each home game, we lose around 500,000 euros! Even though I was one of the few to say that it was not the 2019-20 season that was going…