Girondins de Bordeaux relegation: "I believe 100% in our chances of playing in Ligue 2" (G. Lopez)

"We will not accept that FC Girondins de Bordeaux disappear. Of course, we will work on the reasons (of the decision of the FFF appeal commission of 05/07/2022 confirming the club's relegation to National 1), but we still need to have them (they will be communicated to the club this Friday 08/07/2022 according to L'Équipe). If things are done properly, I believe 100% in our chances of playing in Ligue 2. We have the budget and we have answered all the requests point by point," said Gérard Lopez, president and owner of Girondins de Bordeaux, on 07/07/2022.

The Spanish-Luxembourg businessman responded to the DNCG's decision to relegate the Bordeaux club, which had already been relegated to the Ligue 2 BKT (after finishing 20^th and last in the 2021-22 Ligue 1 Uber Eats), to the National 1, with the FFF appeals committee having confirmed the decision of the control committee for professional clubs, which was handed down on 14/06/2022.

Girondins de Bordeaux have 15 days (from the notification of the FFF appeals committee's decision) to refer the matter to the CNOSF. If the CNOSF gives a…