LFP: "Can France afford to have 20 clubs in Ligue 1? I don't think so" (Frédéric Thiriez)

News Tank Football - Paris - News #7456 - Published on 04/07/13 at 14:42

"Can France afford to have 20 clubs in Ligue 1? I don't think so, but that is only my opinion! Clubs would have to agree. In 2004, I proposed a return to 18 clubs but I was not backed, by a very small majority," said Frédéric Thiriez, president of the LFP (French Professional Football League), following the league's end-of-season meeting on the...


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