Paris Saint-Germain - 12 Titles AS Saint Etienne - 10 titles Olympique de Marseille - 9 Titles AS Monaco - 8 Titles FC Nantes - 8 Titles That's how competitive Ligue 1 used to be, for a League that produces so much Talent it's sad how Clubs are barely surviving.
Ligue 1 hasn't been competitive since like the 1990s, Marseille cheated a couple titles, you had Nantes and Monaco in between followed by a period of domination by Lyon where they won SEVEN titles in a row
Fun Fact: Remember that when Bordeaux were on top of the UCL group with those teams, both Bayern and Juventus went on to dominate their domestic leagues in the future, with Bayern winning every Bundesliga titles between 2013 and 2023 and Juventus winning every Scudettos between 2012 and 2020.
It feels very weird that my club, Stade Brestois, is somehow one of the most stable French clubs financially, especially if you discount any club owned by a rich country
The one benefit of Ligue 1 is that every season it appears that a new team breaks into UCL Bubble, I do like that aspect of it, I just hope these clubs can build on it more
@Vizeh Well unfortunately that's not gonna be Brest. We are acutely aware that trying to regularly compete for Europe would lead to disaster for a club of our size. We tried that in the 80s, went bankrupt and back to the amateur leagues. Trying to glow up too quickly would be making that same mistake. Instead Brest has been turning up a profit for a number of years now in the transfert market. I expect it to remain the same this season
@@lucaslonchampt613you get €12M+ just for making in the champions league the others you do get a couple of Millon for entering the UEL / ECL. Plus you get money for winning and drawing literally I found that out FM just doing champions league qualifiers you actually pretty good money in the 1st - 3rd qualifying rounds.
@@lucaslonchampt613 La saison prochaine va être une saison charnière pour notre club. Le Saint n'a pas l'air de vouloir tout vendre et rejouer le maintien donc on a sûrement quelques belles années à voir. J'espère juste que l'argent de l'UCL passera majoritairement dans l'amortissement de l'Arkéa Park et pas dans des hausses de salaire comme à Lens.
There is still a chance. It may take like 20 years but almost the same thing happened to my club SSV Ulm in 2000. We were in the Bundesliga, got relegated, then got relegated again, went bankrupt and had to play in the 5th division of German football with our reserve team. We made it back to the 4th division, wich is now the 5th division because they made another division wich is now the 3. Liga (it's all really complicated) and eventually made it to what is now the 4th division of German football, the Regionalliga. After more than 20 years of amateur football and 2 more bankruptcies, we finally made it back to professional football and got promoted to the 3. Liga in 2023. Now in 2024, we got back to back promotion and return to the 2. Bundesliga after 23 years. So there is still a chance for Bordeaux but it may take a painfully long time.
Strasbourg and Bastia have had this kind of rebirth in a matter of 6 7 years earlier so there's hope for Bordeaux but they need to get rid of Lopez and their stadium is gonna cost them too
PSG being bought by Qatar was supposed to make it a locomotive and lift the entire league upwards, but it did the opposite… Not only does PSG steamroll almost every season, the other clubs have bled themselves to death trying to compete with it. Before that, the Ligue 1 wasn’t on the level of the Big 4 obviously, but at least it was financially stable. As for Bordeaux… honestly, learning that the club will have to start over was almost a relief, because man the last few seasons have been painful to watch. Even if we hadn’t missed promotion in the previous season, the current situation would have caught up with us eventually.
France got bought out. The were hugely responsible with qatar's sports washing of football and like you said, were happy that the capital's club was bought by a rich oil state. So much so that the president of France did everything he could to keep his biggest star at P$G for as long as he could. They got karma for all that by destroying the league, they might've won the world cup in 2018, but I wouldn't be surprised if France really starts declining from now on
@@thatoneanimeguy3551 and I think Ligue 1 fans (except PSG fans) would rather be outside of the Top 6 but have a competitive & stable league like before than being in the situation they are now since 2011 with Qatar killing the League more & more every year. It was certainly one of the most competitive League in the World too between 1970-2011 lol who cares about being in the Top 6.
@@frånz_ésport washing lol if qatar govrnment is bad its because of western support u failed to mention that the west are the ones who put these dictators in power in the middle east so just they can sell weapons because war sells and to get their oil too..
Thats the risk of selling your club to any random rich guy. Fans are told that if they hand over their club to some Arab sheik, multi club company or Chinese/American oligarch that they'll become the next Manchester City/PSG and it ends up being a massive failure almost every single time.
It's happening everywhere - big business and money is killing the sport. Bordeaux were sporting Titans suddenly required to pay dividends, not score goals. In pure sporting terms, there are no reasons for their extinction.
Bordeaux feels a bit extra sad for me because my first ever live match was Liverpool vs. Bordeaux at Anfield in 2015. No fan deserves to see their club liquidate.
Exactly. Bordeaux get an average attendance of 21k in Ligue 2. They can easily afford to run a club. They’ve just spent way beyond their means as have most of Ligue 1
This is sad knowing, I do hope that someone purchases the image rights for 2 years *ahem RU-vid ahem* and livestream games, have RU-vidrs be journalists for French football etcetera etcetera, it opens Ligue 1 to being a modern league, it opens business ventures for Ligue 1 to be a streamable service which makes it streamable. Secondly, younger generations will end up watching Ligue 1 because of it being online. It opens a possibility of bigger investors to clubs other than PSG, it opens so many different avenues. Now all this requires is for RU-vid to market it well and not half ass it, put all hands in the pot and make every team watchable not just important games.
@@JitG-15 it would be entertaining, one of two things will occur though, either RU-vid football "pundits" gonna jump on the bandwagon and make it into a dumpster fire and it fails. Or RU-vid gatekeeps everything and when everything is entirely sorted out sponsorships and things like that, it becomes a major success. That's the only two ways I see it honestly
What happened to Bordeaux has been really touching for me and I believe for many others, as I started following and appreciating French football after their success in the 2008-09 season and with players like Gourcuff or Chamakh. French football has definitely a huge problem with the TV rights that's been cooking for a long time. Nevertheless, I believe that what happened to Bordeaux opened the Pandora Box and we will start seeing similar fate for other clubs in distress in first divisions across Europe. Football clubs are not from fans for fans anymore and they became an speculative asset for hedge funds and governments alike. Furthemore, we are also moving towards an environment where players itself will leverage more marketing/deals/image rights than the clubs themselves, as people rather than being fans of a specific club they are becoming fans of a specific player (for his lifestyle rather than his sport skills). This wouldn't be bad if it wasn't overshadowing the football sport itself.
Schalke somewhat stabalising themselves now. They got a whole new board now so there trying to right the wrongs of the old regime. We dont spend a lot but we are clever with how we spend it and sell if when needed. Assan leaving probably funded our transfer window and helped out our finances a lot, Were a lot more stable than we were a few months back that's for sure and things starting to look up.
I did a video on Schalke a few months ago, if they got relegated they would have been in serious trouble but I think they can getting better last time I checked
Tbh it's hard to believe that many of those clubs currently at risk of declaring bankruptcy (Auxerre, Lens Nantes, Reims, Montpellier and Le Havre) were former champions of Ligue 1 at some point of the league's history. Also I noticed that many French football clubs tend to run into financial problems which often led to their demise. Yes, in recent years we saw former Ligue 1 clubs like Sochaux, Gazelec Ajaccio and Evian Thonon Gaillard were either administratively relegated or even folded due to the aforementioned issue.
As a Stade Rennais fan, Ligue 1 isn’t looking good, even though we now have broadcasters for the new season, no one is looking forward to watch it as the subscription is so expensive. So they won’t get a lot of money for it. My club Rennes is calm financially as we have one of the richest owners in the world, so we will never be at threat for bankruptcy. But 50% of the clubs are pretty much done and could deal with bankruptcy because of it and the lack of big names in the league.
Oh man, what a damn shame. I just started following Bordeaux for a few seasons because of a player I liked up until they were relegated from ligue 1, seeing this makes me sad. RIP to a club with so much history
Crazy how our French neighbours have been able to keep producing talents despite their clubs are in chaos. Thanks for giving us Laporte and Le Normand. I would fear a France under Zinedine Zidane than under the current Deschamps.
Le Normand is actually trash, never been impressed by him when I've watched him play at all. I'm convinced the only reason he starts for Spain now is because of his cool sounding name.
Some things to say regarding the state of both Bordeaux and Ligue 1 in general : - Bordeaux had during these last years the 14th biggest wage budget of France while still being in Ligue 2. There are 18 clubs in Ligue 1. They ended up in the midtable last season. - The fact that their training center is going to close is an absolute disaster, not only does it kill in the egg the futur prospects they could've sold, it also means the death of a community. It'll maybe reopen in the upcoming years, let's hope atleast. - The Ligue 1 TV rights are a fucking shitshow but it also illustrates major issues running in the French football : mainly, spending money we don't own. Wages are too high, agents and networks are vultures, corruption runs rampant and young prospect end up being sold early too fill the gaps this absurd way of functioning. And so, when the major source of money runs dry, everyone panics because there's rarely a long-term project. Bordeaux is one of its victims, but many more will follow with the whole TV rights ordeal. - And regarding these TV deals, currently DAZN is set to broadcast 8 games out of 9, while BeIn Sports gets 1. But apparently they cannot find an agreement on what match to broadcast or not, mainly because it'll most likely be the main big match of the week (PSG, Marseille, Monaco...). - Now, a DAZN subscription is 35€ a month. Add the BeIn subcription to that with its 15€ a month, you get 50€/month to pay just to watch Ligue 1 in its entirety. This is insane. I'll be very happy to watch my broke Ligue 2 club on BeIn for 15€/month for the next 5 years (cuz BeIn bought the rights during the summer).
The most shocking thing to me, and I think it is emblematic of the troubles of French football, is the fact that a huge metropolis like Paris only had one team in the top division. It should be more similar to London or Madrid with multiple top teams competing.
Absolutely awful, I love French football and it's devastating for this to be happening to such a massive club as Bordeaux. I don't even care if Ligue 1 ever really becomes a top league, I just want French football to stabilise and prevent more fans and future footballers from losing their hometown clubs
Bordeaux gave me my best football memory They invited the club i played for to a tournament, it was my first and only international trophy and i have alot of amazing memories from that, i hope they can comeback somehow
A club like bordeaux can not die. We have been there too in germany. 1860, Alemania Aachen, Energie Cottbus,… all relegated and just when it seems like everything is over you realise its not about the money and the division but the club you love. Most recently 6000 away fans went to Duisburgs first game in their 4th division amateur game. Real clubs will never die - against modern Football. Btw Bordeaux is a soft spot for me ever since my club (Eintracht Frankfurt) played them in europa league over 10 years ago. Sad to see them struggle
I can't imagine how come Brazil and France share one similar story of chaotic crisis and downfall altogether. Brazil has been in a mess since 2022, while France becomes surprisingly unstable since 2024. To make it worse, clubs like Santos (which gave birth to Pele) and Bordeaux (nurturing Zidane) are no longer in top flight. At least Brazil has finally had a new coach, but France should fire Didier Deschamps as soon as possible. Being both Brazil and France's fan, this sucks to see what's happening to both now.
In Brazil the domestic league develops 1000s of wonderkids what do European sides do pay a crap ton of cash to said club and they got the new ronaldinho or the next R9. Brazil has now become a domestic league with a lot more ageing European and other types of players domestic youth talents are made and then sold to European sides.
Brazil has been in a mess since losing to Argentina in Copa America in 2021, whereas France failed to score an open goal in Euro 2024 before falling to Spain.
@@jimmyyue238 The whole 2022 WCQ was perfect for Brazil. It's only after the traumatic loss to Croatia that they suffered problems later on. But of course they also helped destroying Croatia in process with their curse.
@@luishernandezblonde Wow, you even mentioned the curse that affected all European teams who defeated Brazil in the World Cup KOs. Germany, after the infamous 1-7 game, were no longer the same good team after winning the 2014 World Cup, though Euro 2024 campaign was a notable exception (they unfortunately lost to winners Spain thanks to stupid referee decision). Belgium, after beating Brazil in 2018 World Cup, crashed out in the 2022 World Cup Group Stage and Euro 2024 Round of 16.
@@ezraezra2928 To add to your Brazilian Curse. You can even go back to France in 2006. They beat that legendary brazilian team in the 1/4s. Lose in cruel fashion in the Final vs. Italy and then followed the "Dark Ages" of French Football between 2007-2012. That period with Rayman Domenech as the coach was certainly the worst period ever for a french fan. In 2010, Netherlands beat Brazil in the 1/4s and also barely lost their Final vs. Spain. Aside from that great 2014 WC run, they didn't really recover since then. As for Croatia in 2022, well they beat Brazil in the 1/4s, they didn't win the WC either (rigged lol), lose the Nations League Final to Spain on pens and then crashed out in Euro 2024 pool stages. I believe the last team to beat Brazil in the WC and not being cursed at all was France in 1998. They became World Champions and then did go on to win Euro 2000 and 2 Confederations Cup.
I find it ironic that a country with over 60 million people cannot hold their own pants up. Portugal should be left out of this, since their clubs are allowed to sell their own TV rights. But here in the Netherlands, or even in Belgium as well, there are enough healthy clubs that do well enough in European competitions too. French clubs sold their souls to big spenders and now even the French themselves either don't care enough or simply aren't with enough people to watch these matches. It is a joke of a league. And their name seems fitting.
I'm an American Le Havre fan (I know, pretty random) and they're one of the Ligue 1 teams in the biggest trouble financially. I'm hoping that Le Havre and the other French clubs in trouble pull through, somehow.
Out of genuine curiosity: why Le Havre? I know the truly big clubs in the world have "fans" worldwide, but this would be much more sincere. Visited the town, attended a match, fell in love with the club?
@@hisss I date a person who speaks French so I decided to pick a French team for my first ever FIFA career mode, and I decided on Le Havre and I grew attached to the club that way. If I ever get the opportunity to go to France I'd love to go to one of their games.
@@Oakeedokee7They still had lots of history before 2011. 2 league titles, many youngsters that developed to world class players, they were kind of like Ajax
I’ve had this trip to Bordeaux to visit family set for a while now, but just so happens that the same week I leave, their club shuts down. It’s my second day here, I walked into a Girondins des Bordeaux shop and bought a couple things sort of as my form of showing condolences.
People keeps telling PSG killed Ligue 1 but what is really killing it are taxes. PSG can be what it is because Qatar has infinite amount of money and taxes don't care for them but for all the other club, if they have good player, they will go play somewhere to be paid better. Runnjng a club where you pay players millions cost twice as much in France. It is sad because the amount of talent that are created in formation centers in France is unparalleled. People formed in France are everywhere in top leagues but can not stay in France because of money.
Sooner or later historic clubs like marseille, Monaco or even Lyon could maybe face similar issues. The French football federation need to do something now before that could happen.
@@Vizeh it's sad that clubs are forced to be destroyed due to some dodgy investors coming in and not knowing what to do. Football is now just about money hungry investors wanting a paycheck
Can't believe some idiots wants the club's to be owned by boards like this here in Argentina. The french clubs and Schalke are the perfect example of why they shouldn't. Everybody thinks it will be like PSG or Man City
Schalke isn‘t run by a board like that. They’re one of the last few „e.v.“ which means loosely translated registered club. For better or worse their downfall is their own fault
I love Ligue 1, I think the problem is that people think it's a "farmers league" mostly dominated by PSG and that drives attention away and and TV deals away because they think it isn't competitive, but it wasnt always like this. Marseille, Saint-Etienne, Auxerre, Lyon, and many more winners. But ever since a certain club was bought out and started dominating, people dont bat an eye at Ligue 1 anymore. There also isn't much accessibility to watch Ligue 1 matches, most of which are very entertaining
Ligue 1 quite literally hasn't been competitive since 1990s, Marseille cheated their way to 3 titles in a row and you had some winners like Nantes and Monaco in between, and then Lyon won SEVEN titles in a row, something not even PSG has done but yeah PSG winning alot does in fact give it a bad rep
@@lolph5438 I agree, Ligue 1 also has a problem with cheating and scandals.. but it's really entertaining (not the cheating and scandals, the matches 😂)
Maybe this will finally show people that Europe has 4 big leagues, not 5. France has the same amount of European Cups/Champions League's as Scotland, Romania, and Serbia; specifically, 1. Compare that to Portugal's 4 or the Netherlands' 6.
To further complicate matters to France, they have the same amount of European Cup as England national football team at all. England only won the 1966 World Cup, while French club Marseille won the 1993 Champions League. Both of them were done in a controversial favor, with England having the infamous "ghost goal" and Marseille's match fixing scandal that sent the club to Ligue 2.
@@ezraezra2928 It was not the Champions League's Final itself that was controversial, but the Championship match 3 days before the final. Two players were bought to avoid Marseille players getting injured.
COVID did. That season in 20/21 ligue 1 clubs reported a loss of 1.3 billion euros add to this that many clubs like Rennes and Reims were taking out loans while waiting for the new 1 billion euro tv deal to go through as they were promised which we all know ended up not happening and resulted in forcing these clubs to pay these massive loans back which put them in debt
I wonder what the rules are in Ligue un when it comes to Fan-owned clubs. Just wondering if the fans even tried to pitch in to save the club, and if not, why?
PSGs infinite money really killed the league’s marketability. I know the odd team wins but that’s so rare, that even while it’s happening people mostly don’t care. I don’t see it getting better soon, it’s going to keep falling.
People could say PSG helped the league make it more marketable in terms of big players for TV Deals etc - however I do agree I don’t have much interest in any league if the winners seem that obvious each season
But Bayerns 10 year dominance didn't kill Buli. There's a sizable part of the country where football is not popular in Framce. It's behind rugby in the southwest and it's seen as a lower class game in France. The crowd has less purchasing power.
But Bayerns 10 year dominance didn't kill Buli. There's a sizable part of the country where football is not popular in Framce. It's behind rugby in the southwest and it's seen as a lower class game in France. The crowd has less purchasing power.
@@Umadoveracommentg Euh...jullie hebben 20 miljoen moeten lenen en flink in de salariskosten moeten snijden om een seizoen af te kunnen maken, weet je nog? Niks dat jullie niet aan kunnen, maar "nooit geldproblemen" is 'n tikkie overdreven.
I'm surprised football clubs & fans haven't lobbied Marcron (who isn't really that popular these days) to order France Televisions to agree a €1 Billion a year Domestic Broadcasting Deal to financially stabilise the French Clubs in question.
@@NicolasViard-kc9dm Yeah, I'm aware that Macron might well be receiving payments from Qatar. However I would point out that PSG would also benefit from such a deal, mainly because they would be in a better FFP position as a result. Then again, the Qataris have shown that they lack the talent to actually run a football club.
They were never a top flight league. In the modern era of football, the league was basically ‘PSG and the race for the other top 3 spots’ (with one or two exceptions). The likes of Mbappe and Saliba have gone. This will only get worse.
@@yannicklarafunez4768the only reason it isn't now is because of covid, with ligue 1 clubs reporting losses of up to 1.3 billion euros in the 20/21 season alone, not to mention the tv rights deals that the clubs were promised but fell through greatly affecting the clubs who took out loans so they could pay them back when the tv deal would arrive but it never did leading alot of these clubs to end up with a lot of debt
The American owners were also changing The branding and changing how the club was being run despite what the supporters were saying to the club. It was more of an investment portfolio instead of club management.
Ligue 1 is the championship equivalent to when a TV show fires an actor, and then NOBODY watches it because it turns out EVERYONE was there *because* of that actor
The sad reality is too, is that this could happen to a number of clubs, meanwhile the one club at top, will just continue to move around no matter what. Which in turn, will only make the league more and more boring, and uninteresting to watch, as who's gonna care about a league, when we already know, the end result will be PSG wining it?
an element that may be important to take into account is that during this time, the Bordeaux rugby club is in very good health and has very large audiences. during the last few seasons they had a much larger audience than the football club. Today in Bordeaux people seem more interested in rugby than in football
Being a Bordeaux fan rn is devastaing. Just watching a club youve been supporting since your childhood, what was once a top club, being first of all relegated to ligue 2 finishing last and then to national 1 just because of stupid financial decisions is heartbreaking. The end of the 2022/2023 seson was disappointing as well, losing to Annecy on the second to last matchday whilst being 2nd and then having that incident against Rodez was just infuriating knowing it was probably going to be our only chance to go back to ligue 1.
I fear this opens the door to more struggling French clubs to be bought by Rich premier league owners. For the purpose of loaning or stockpiling young talent at a sister club, like what Strasbourg is to Chelsea.
What happened in Ligue 1 (McDonald's League) recently is very similar to the mega-rich Chinese Super League (CSL). Remember when the CSL is used to challenge with European Big 5 Leagues by signing world class players and managers with unlimited funds? That was before the Saudi Pro League entered by storm with the same scenario as the CSL. But then, financial crisis in China happened as a result of COVID-19 and some clubs struggled to survive, with clubs such as Shanghai Port, Shanghai Shenhua, and even Guangzhou FC getting relegated from the CSL.
They should change their league format to something more exciting like the Belgian league are doing, as well as do a documentary to bring fresh eyes to their product like la liga have done finally they should start making moves to bring legends to becoming owners of some of these clubs or encourage some multi club ownership model.
It sucks because Bordeaux was the 3rd or 4th biggest club in France. Its like if Chelsea or Arsenal all if a sudden ended up bankrupt and relegated to the National League
its natural. alot of historical clubs end up disbanding because of financial issues especially in the eastern part of europe. west isnt used to that as much tho
@@hisss i dont know in what world you live but army or police clubs are single cases, most of clubs were created by communities like mine workers or train workers. In return I could say that there are much less clubs created by rich people just to win as much things as possible
Merci pour ta vidéo. Flatté de voir que nos amis anglais connaissaient la valeur historique et de prestige en Europe du FCGB. Merci les gars ! Et bon courage à vous dans ces temps difficiles !
"Croire en l'impossible le rend possible", haven't looked it up but sounds to me that it means "believing the impossible makes it possible", or something to that effect. Keep that spirit Bordeaux, keep that spirit and you'll get through this!
It might be a continuing trend of separation between the wealthiest clubs and the rest. If something doesn't change, we might end up with a de-facto super league some day.
As a Derby fan I can resonate with this, its sad to see. Makes me feel very lucky that I still have a club to support. Football clubs are pillars of communities and the impact is huge on the fans when something like this happens
Just ordered myself Bordeaux's new kit after watching this, it's a real shame that such a big club like them has just disintegrated from existence RIP Bordeaux
It feels like every season Italy and France have to look for a new broadcast partner and agree a tv rights contract. Whereas England have the security of multiple years contracts
I’m just trying to view this from a fan’s perspective. That’s a city with 250,000 people and now they don’t have a major club to support. They could continue supporting Bordeaux but realistically that is no more than any other armature club in the city. I have never been through that so I really don’t know.
One fundamental problem with French football: not enough teams in Paris. Just look at the London area - so many clubs so much support. Obviously Paris isn't London but it's just a simple matter of population - the Paris area has 20% of France's population but only 5% of its ligue 1 teams
No its not Dying! and im sure 🇫🇷 would have won EURO 2020 with there best line up of A. Arreola J. Kounde A. Griezman P. Pogba K. benzema K. Mbappe R. Varane b. Pavard A. Rabiot L. Hernandez T. Hernandez🫡🔥🔥🔥🏆
This is truly sad but I'd like to imagine a silver lining where possibly a few clubs are rescued by locals and made more of a group owned teams instead of a Corp or some oil money mogul
I'm glad to see you talking about french football, as a french football fan i think that people are a bit disrespecting our country's football as we got only 1 Champions League and PSG dominating for more than 10 years now
You know, honestly, I'd honestly tell teams to create a new top division that is disconected from the French Football Federation and have them collective bargin the TV rights.
Even when Mbappe, Messi & Neymar were with PSG I don’t believe anyone looked at the league seriously or as PSG as real contenders to win the Champions League … It just looked like they were there for the handy league & big money .. Which I don’t blame them whatsoever ..
Brazil: in chaos and only recently have a new coach whose reputation is totally unknown despite massive talent pool. France: ruined by an one-team league despite enormous talent pool.
Brazil has the most competitive league in the entire continent. teams like Colombia and Uruguay dominated Brazil and a good portion of their players play in the Brazillian league, meanwhile Brazil only seems to consider players that play in Europe while overlooking their local football unless its a super special case like Endrick. Even their journalist are saying "why isn't the guy thats a top tier player in our tournament and continental competitions not be considered while a random schmuck is in the nt just because he's in the premier leauge," and so on Also they are selling their talents at a very young age, so those players are skipping over very important formative years, Neymar debuted in Santos in 2009 and left in 2013 with several local and international titles under his belt, now they are selling kids who are 16/17 who barely have 10 matches on their respective teams.
PSG didn't "ruin" ligue 1, I like how you didn't mention that Lyon won SEVEN titles in a row, something that not even PSG has done, not to mention numerous scandals such as Marseille cheating their way to three league titles in the 90s, if anything Covid ruined ligue 1 with clubs reporting losses of up to 1.3 billion euros in the 20/21 season, and then clubs like Rennes and Reims taking out massive loans while waiting for the new tv deal to come into play which we all know never did which resulted in these clubs being forced to pay back the loan without the financial aid from the 1 billion euro tv deal that was promised by the French football federation
there is just 0 money in that league tbh and having no tv deal is a problem it's not like the prem where the tv deal is so huge and money is spread equally or bundesliga where 50+1 prevents teams having majority owners sinking clubs and for people saying psg ruined the league lyon won 7 in a row and in the early to mid 90s marseille had a massive corruption and match fixing scandal resulting in the 93 title getting stripped
I'm pretty sure the main problem is the taxation system. Of course leaders are incompetent, but most clubs must sell players only in order to pay salaries which is why Ligue 1 is nicknamed "farmer league". French clubs must pay an astronomic amount of taxes. Only PSG hasn't to sell players in order to just function. Also it kills the league's attactiveness because clubs can't provide high salaries (except PSG).
nous avons eu d' autres joueurs a Bordeaux Didier Déchamps , Eric Cantona , Jean Pierre Papin , Bixente Lizarazu , Alain Giresse , Jean Tigana , Marius Trésor , beaucoup d' internationaux Français , Belge , Portugais , Espagnol , Allemand , Brésilien , Hollandais , etc .
Honestly, I expect French league football to slip behind the Dutch and possibly Portuguese leagues in their financial power. They will still be able to develop players like you talked about, but who will want to come to play in France, even at PSG, if there is no meaningful competition.
French football si filled with those stories, and Bordeaux can bounce back like FC Bastia or RC Strasbourg. The fans are probably going to keep loving the club even in non professionnal football, this might a step back to become financially stable and go forward 🤞
