“I would be more for a white season, but if I say that …”

He has been one of the characters of French football in recent months. President of the Belfort club, Jean-Paul Simon has indeed revealed himself to the general public as his flock during the fabulous successful course in the Coupe de France by the club from Franche-Comté. After ruling out Gazélec Ajaccio (National), AS Nancy Lorraine (L2) or Montpellier (L1), ASMB fell in arms against the Rennes titleholder in the quarter-final of the competition (0 -3). Near Eastern Republican, the Belgian leader returned to the will of the French Football Federation (FFF) to complete the season until June-July. Not really the best option, he said.

“Physically impossible”

“The first thing is that we don’t know when this whole coronavirus story will end,” he begins. “After that, I have no solution. I would be more for a white season, but if I say that, the Bastians will cut my head off (leader of pool A of N2 in which Belfort is located). If we freeze the championship, as it is now, it is not finished and it does not seem to me And then, how can we resume competition so quickly after two months of total stoppage? Physically, it is impossible, “said Jean-Paul Simon, also worried about the remuneration of players under contract.

“I don’t see how we will be able to play in July when the players’ employment contracts end in June. How are we going to pay them? He wonders, it’s been a month longer in the budget, it was not planned, it is very complicated and, for the moment, we have no answer on this subject. (…) Do not be fooled, our partners who usually help us in July, will not be able to do so, they will first have to pay the salaries of their employees. Some will not recover from this period, so imagine football for them … it can be catastrophic, “says Jean-Paul Simon.

National Classification 2 Group A

National Result 2 Group A

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