In five years, Gérard Lopez has moved from being a savior to a designated manager of the Girondins de Bordeaux debacle. Arrived in 2021 in a club already heavily indebted, the businessman is not at the origin of all Bordeaux evils. But his sports choices, his governance, his financial strategy and his refusal to yield the hand earlier accelerated, the fall of the club, from Ligue 1 to the edge of the disappearance. Back on a descent to the under…
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In five years, Gérard Lopez has moved from being a savior to a designated manager of the Girondins de Bordeaux debacle. Arrived in 2021 in a club already heavily indebted, the businessman is not at the origin of all Bordeaux evils. But his sports choices, his governance, his financial strategy and his refusal to yield the hand earlier accelerated, the fall of the club, from Ligue 1 to the edge of the disappearance. Back on a descent to the under…