“We are the ones who will receive the least and it is unacceptable”, explained to AFP the leader of Le Havre Jean-Michel Roussier who will only receive 1.5 million euros, against 33 million for 14 of his competitors. in L1.
The distribution of the 1.5 billion euros paid to the clubs by the firm CVC within the framework of the creation of the commercial company of the LFP was however voted unanimously, with therefore the voice of Le Havre, during the General Assembly of the League, April 1, 2022.
According to this vote, seven Ligue 1 clubs of European dimension receive the largest sums (PSG, OM, Lyon, Monaco, Lille, Nice and Rennes) over two seasons, fourteen other L1 clubs are to receive 33 million euros and the L2 teams must receive 3 million euros over the same period. The teams descended last year in L2 (Metz, Bordeaux and Saint-Étienne) and the promoted in L1 (Toulouse, Troyes and Auxerre) must collect 16.5 M EUR of CVC money over two years.
But to receive all of the windfall allocated to Ligue 2 teams (EUR 3 million), the clubs must be present in L2 without interruption from the 2021-2022 season until the 2024-2025 season, according to the article 427 of the administrative regulations of the LFP. This is not the case of Le Havre, which will evolve in L1 next season and is thus deprived of half of this sum.
“Le Havre will not touch anything under the L1 while losing half of its 3 M EUR under the L2 since we will no longer be there”, explains the president of the HAC. “It’s a policy all for the benefit of the big clubs, nobody cares about us, we’re only here to outnumber, in total inequity,” he protests.
“I’m afraid the solution is only in court, I don’t know which one,” he concludes. “We managed this season and we succeeded brilliantly against two teams which finished 2nd and 3rd (Metz and Bordeaux, relegated in 2022, editor’s note) by having” received more CVC. “We will continue to manage in the same way next season”.