Valenciennes FC: "Reduce losses before transfers to move closer to a virtuous model" (Y. Godin)

"The commitment of our shareholder (Sport Republic) is important and the future of the club is topical. We've prepared a budget, which unfortunately will be in deficit, but that's often the case for clubs of this size. They know what needs to be put back next season (2024-25), it's been budgeted for and anticipated. They want to ensure that we improve our economic model, by already significantly reducing the loss before player transfers, to move closer to a virtuous model," Yoann Godin, general manager at Valenciennes FC (National 1), to News Tank Football on 17/06/2024.

"VAFC is in an area where many political currents are represented, but the club's vocation is not to play politics. It needs to bring together all the stakeholders in the region in order to get off the ground again. If we can unite the goodwill of all those involved, including politicians from all sides... That's what I hope to achieve," said Godin, a few days after the Rassemblement National (RN, National Rally, until 2018 known as the National Front, far-right) came out on top - with 31.47% of the votes cast - in…