His presence at the Ultras rally on Saturday afternoon leaves no room for doubt: the new mayor of Bordeaux Pierre Hurmic (EELV) is a fierce opponent of the current management of the Girondins. Rather follower of running than sports co, the candidate of the list “Bordeaux Respire” held during the campaign an offensive speech in which the majority of UB87 could only find themselves: “If I’m mayor, I’ll ask to meet the CEO of King Street (Brian Higgins) and I will tell him that he has deceived us and that he must offer us solutions, including especially that of replacing Mr. Longuépée first as club president. ““Counter demagoguery, think a familiar of the club. At best, he will have before him Daniel Ehrmann (KS representative in France). »
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In the same way as the outgoing mayor (LR) Nicolas Florian had recalled that the fact “To cut heads” did not fall within its scope of action, the town hall only has a right of oversight over the management of the Girondins. At least Hurmic’s hostility towards King Street is not feigned: he had already opposed the sale of the club in November 2018, doubtful about the “Reliability” of the American investment fund and its former financial partner General American Capital Partners. “And I was completely right! We didn’t know what he wanted to do with the club, he said today. I remember asking Alain Juppé (the old city marie) what was their sports project and he replied that there were verbal commitments … In the business world, it’s worth nothing. ”
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“What you have to say in King Street is that they put a president who has turned against all the supporters”
Pierre Hurmic, new mayor of Bordeaux
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While the club’s CEO, Frédéric Longuépée, was once again able to measure his disillusionment rating with supporters on Saturday, the main unknown concerns the attitude that King Street will adopt: could he finally let go of Longuépée to buy peace ? “Anything is possible but even if it is hard, Daniel Ehrmann is also someone in law in his boots, underlines a relative of the club. Let the town hall ask for a white facade because all the houses in Bordeaux have a white facade, okay. But if he wants to put blue furniture inside and the town hall tells him red, it’s interference … ”
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” I agree, answers Hurmic, reached yesterday on the phone. But it is not a legal problem, it is a fundamentally political problem. What you have to say to King Street is that they put a president on the back of all the supporters. Again on Saturday, there was a demonstration of the Virage Sud to demand the resignation of Longuépée. He was so arrogant with them, threatening to file a criminal complaint … A club boss cannot afford to back his own supporters and the mayor of the city. That can not continue ! “
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“It would be a balance of power and I would consider it as a declaration of war against the mayor of Bordeaux”
Pierre Hurmic, if King Street ever came to maintain Frédéric Longuépée
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What would be his reaction if Brian Higgins, the boss of KS, decided not to meet him and to consolidate Longuépée in his position of CEO? “It would be a balance of power and I would consider it as a declaration of war against the mayor of Bordeaux, assure Hurmic. I will not set foot in the stadium. We welcome them here, they owe us more respect. ”
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Among the other themes that the new mayor of Bordeaux wishes to address with the owner of the club: the question of the public private partnership which links the metropolis, SBA, the stadium operator, and the Girondins until 2041. He wishes to break the contract so that “The community is disengaging from the excesses of foot business” and offer the Girondins to buy Matmut Atlantique. A highly improbable scenario at instant T: between the amount of the purchase and the amount to be reimbursed to SBA, KS should pay out almost 260 M € while its deficit, just for this season, amounts to 41 M €. “I will submit the contract to its PPP legal specialists and we will see what can be done, evacuates Hurmic. To my knowledge, SBA loses money every year (13,5M€). They may be happy to find a solution. “
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