Soccer
The Valais club continues to clean up. This time, it is his administrative sector that is affected.
Times are tough for Christian Constantin and FC Sion.
–Keystone
–
Even if his decisions can suggest so many ways to put pressure on the Swiss Football League not to resume the championship, Christian Constantin does not want to hear about escalation. A month and a half after having dismissed nine players, four of whom ended up coming back, the president of FC Sion activated the cleaver again on Wednesday afternoon, as announced by the radio “Rhône FM”. This time, nine of the fifteen employees in the administrative sector of the club were thanked.
–
The timing challenges, a few minutes after the press conference of the Federal Council and the announcement of a potential resumption of the Super League from June 8, which the Swedes are opposed to? “It has nothing to do. My decision is motivated from a strictly administrative point of view. These employees have a contract termination period of two months. Knowing that they end at the end of June, it was the last moment to act without losing more money. So no, it’s not a way to put pressure on the League. ”
–
In any case, the specter of a return to competition rekindles the financial doubts that would be linked to it. At FC Sion, ending the season would represent a shortfall of around 5 to 6 million francs according to its president. One way, too, to justify the layoffs this weekend. “It is the reality of a business that has loads to assume and cannot count on any inflow of money. And then, there are no more matches to organize, no more spectators to supervise. Certain positions had become, in the current state, useless. ”
–
The Valais players in training on May 11? Not sure…
In the case of the resumption of competitions, on which the Swiss Football League will have to decide very quickly, the Valais boss is camped on his positions. “If the SFL gives us the necessary financial guarantees, then let’s go. But is she able to do it? For the moment, I am not convinced of it. Not to mention that it will be necessary to settle the history of contracts to be able to extend them by two months. A measure that would generate even more problems. The overbidding of players, the fear of investing for such a short period … »
–
In this context, will Ricardo Dionisio’s players be allowed to resume training outdoors on May 11, as planned by the Federal Council? “My answer will depend on our situation vis-à-vis SECO and partial unemployment,” continues Christian Constantin. For the moment, as it stands, we have an agreement. But if the situation changes and the players find the field, it could stop. I don’t want to end up with such a large payroll burden to pay when, I repeat, nothing is going into our coffers at the moment. ”
—
