Gérard Lopez set to leave Bordeaux after club takeover by English fund

According to Onze Mondial, Girondins de Bordeaux are reportedly on the verge of being taken over by an English investment fund, bringing the Gérard Lopez era to an end.

Gerard Lopez

Photo: François Lopez — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (new window)

Gérard Lopez is reportedly set to leave Girondins de Bordeaux. According to Onze Mondial, the club is on the verge of being taken over by an English investment fund. The departure of the businessman would come after a track record described as bleak by the magazine, which mentions a staggering debt and a historic relegation.

Le Figaro, which headlines on "the bleak track record of Gérard Lopez," provides no further details. No official confirmation from the club or the fund is reported in the available sources.

Sources

  1. Le FigaroRachat des Girondins de Bordeaux : le sombre bilan de Gérard Lopez (new window)video.lefigaro.fr
  2. Onze MondialBordeaux racheté : club coulé, dette abyssale, déclassement historique... le bilan de Gérard Lopez (new window)onzemondial.com