2023-09-29 06:04:00
Frankie Yau, who was the president of FC Sochaux until the end of August, before Jean-Claude Plessis and Pierre Wantiez officially took over the club, did not appreciate the comments that were made in L’Équipe on September 15, by Samuel Laurent. The latter, who served as general director of FCSM under the former management, had suggested that Yau had instructed him to invest heavily in the summer of 2022 on the transfer market, in order to promote accession to L1.
“Such an assertion amounts to defamation. I reserve the right to file a complaint once morest him on this subject.”
Frankie Yau, former president of FC Sochaux
“The ambition had been formulated by Frankie to go up and I obeyed, I executed,” Laurent declared in particular, which made his former boss jump. “Samuel was the CEO of the club, he was responsible for the budget, expenses, player contracts… My role was to help him in his task, if necessary. I never ordered him to spend lavishly. Such a statement amounts to defamation. I reserve the right to file a complaint once morest him on this subject,” explains Yau, who adds that, according to him, Laurent no longer works today on behalf of Zhong Naixiong, the boss of Nenking, the conglomerate which owned Sochaux. until last month.
What the former CEO refutes: “I myself saw Mr. Zhong a few days ago and I am going to finalize my obligations set out in the contract that binds us.” This skirmish illustrates the extent to which the disagreements between Laurent and Yau, which are not recent, contributed to the poor financial management of the club, which posted a €22 million deficit at the end of last season, which precipitated its administrative relegation to National.
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