L1/L2: "We'll have a deficit of between €1.2-€1.3bn before players are sold" (J-M. Mickeler, DNCG)

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"We'll be looking at a deficit of between €1.2 and €1.3bn (for Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 clubs, at the end of the 2024-25 season) before any players are sold. That's as high as the year of Covid. Over the last few years, French football has structurally lost an average of around €1bn a year before player transfers. Between €300m and €500m a year...

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