AS Saint-Etienne supporters carefully follow the hearings of the 18 Ligue 1 clubs (next season) by the DNCG (National Management Control Directorate), the control body commissioned by the LFP. No administrative demotion has yet been formulated by the “French football gendarme”. They are now 13 clubs to have presented their budget for next season after the passage of FC Lorient, LOSC, OGC Nice and Angers on Tuesday.
“No measure (has been) taken from the club by the DNCG” For the Merlus (L2 champions), the Dogues and the Aiglons, but the SCO is the very first club sanctioned as part of these hearings of the June.
The residents of the Raymond-Kopa stadium, arrived 14th with 36 points (10 victories, 6 draws and 18 defeats), were sanctioned with a “Supervision of the wage bill and mutation indemnities”. The DNCG regularly supervises the wage bill of clubs in financial difficulties and the Saïd Chabane club, downgraded as a precaution in 2021 (then reinstated on appeal), will not be able to make any significant expense during the transfers market. Last year, the SCO had already finished with a negative of 14 million euros.
The DNCG will control the SCO transfer window
Alexandre Dujeux, the coach of the Angevin training, will have to be satisfied with recruits free from any contract, while his two best players in the workforce, goalkeeper Yahia Fofana and playmaker Himad Abdelli, are on the start (perhaps both for the Premier League). The sale of a Bamba Dieng could also relieve the accounts of the club. Each signature and each salary given to a player will be checked by the DNCG.
If AS Monaco, FC Nantes and Paris FC, ambitious promoted in Ligue 1, should not be worried by the DNCG, Le Havre and Ol will tremble during their hearing both scheduled for next week, Tuesday, June 24. Last winter, the DNCG threatened the club of John Textor with an administrative demotion …
