Bordeaux: Admar Lopes suspended, sanctions against players… the Girondins toughen up their tone

The defeat against Quevilly-Rouen and the relegation place (17th) have not been digested in Gironde. The club is in crisis and to get out of it, Bordeaux intends to toughen up its tone. Sports director Admar Lopes and the entire workforce are targeted.

Upheavals to come in the workforce

Everyone is under pressure. More room for positive and ambitious speeches. Bordeaux is doing very badly and to get out of the situation, the club wants to make an impression. Nothing more will be passed to the players. The group’s lack of character strikes internally even though it was one of the team’s strengths last season. Bordeaux has nevertheless recruited experienced players this summer experienced in Ligue 2 games but the mayonnaise is not taking effect.

Some voices are even starting to be raised to discuss several recruitment errors. Strong decisions will be taken in the days to come even if the president, Gérard Lopez, did not wish to speak to his group. The club is aware that it is in an impasse and that the talk about the lack of success during matches (10 posts hit since the start of the season) can no longer mask the reality. A strong reaction is expected from the players in which case the club does not refrain from sanctioning certain players by shaking up the statuses within the squad or even sending certain players to reserve. In the event of further disillusionment, profound changes are expected in the workforce.

Admar Lopes surreptitiously

He is the target of criticism from supporters and his situation appears difficult to maintain given the context. Admar Lopes’ inability to remobilize his group hit internally. The sports director has been singled out for several weeks for his closeness to the players and his lack of firmness. Lopes, however, raised his voice in the locker room three weeks ago. An approach which has gone unnoticed since certain players’ agents have complained about this tough focus ultimately without any impact on the results.

Even if he is not responsible for the entire summer transfer window carried out with Gérard Lopez, the president, and David Guion, the former coach, he was wrong on several profiles including the Polish goalkeeper Rafal Straczek, author of three monumental errors since the start of the season. Admar Lopes does not seem to have any internal influence on a group which lacks grinta according to several sources and the management will no longer forgive him anything. He is targeted as one of those responsible for Bordeaux’s failure and will no longer be in Gironde in the next misstep.

Riera has the confidence of its leaders, a winter transfer window possible

Bordeaux leaves itself the possibility of parting ways with several players this winter. Some clubs would be interested in the profile of certain Girondins who no longer perform with the Marine et Blanc. There will be no recruits without sales but in the event of departure, movements are to be expected in the workforce. The new Bordeaux coach Albert Riera has the complete confidence of the leaders of his club. His philosophy of wanting to make his team play well despite the urgency of points, his desire not to deny himself whatever the situation in Bordeaux continues to please internally. His record after seven matches is, however, less good in accounting terms than his predecessor.

An absent president who faces criticism

He is no longer spared by the supporters. Gérard Lopez has often had the label of savior of the club but his credit seems exhausted. Observers of the Girondins are exasperated by his absenteeism and the bad choices of their leader since his acquisition of the club. The former boss of LOSC faces this situation with serenity. He seems ready to restore order while completely ruling out the possibility of appointing a full-time deputy president at Haillan. Incompatible with his character. Lopez will have to find the springs to wake up an amorphous squad. Several of those close to him speak of his feeling of betrayal when they witness certain players’ performances or of shame when he watches his club’s matches.