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FC Martigues will soon know. Relegated in National at the end of the 2024-2025 season, the Bouches-du-Rhône club will play a decisive match this Tuesday, June 24 in front of the DNCG. Decisive, because the latest news about the economic situation of the FCM are not really reassuring.
The spectrum of the bankruptcy
Initially, it was during the past week that the Marégale management was to be heard by the financial gendarme of French football. She finally obtained a postponement from her audience, in order to find a solution to pass this obstacle without incident and leave, as it should be, in N1. Because according to recent information from Provencethe Provencal Venice club would be in a particularly tense financial situation. Under the scope of a provisional administrative demotion since December, FC Martigues would be obliged to fill a hole of 5 million euros to get its budget accepted by the financial gendarme of French football.
The American owner Lepa Galeb-Roskopp, who has already invested more than 7 since the takeover in the summer of 2023, would currently try to bring new shareholders without yet to find them. If no solution is found during the additional time granted by the DNCG, Martigues could pay dearly. A bankruptcy would even be mentioned by some … The hope of a draft in Ligue 2, a time estimated due to the banks financial situations of certain clubs in the division, now seems far away at the Francis-Turcan stadium. Finally, not for everyone …
Trust in the shareholder
However, FC Martigues has chosen to play the appeasement card while waiting for next Tuesday. On the website of the southern club, the sports director Djamal Mohamed spoke through an interview, with a word held against supporters. “I understand their impatience. But I want them to know one thing: the club is working. We advance. Even if the news is slow, things are in motion. I have great confidence in our shareholder and our president (Pierre Wantiez). The project continues to grow. We do everything to be up to what FC Martigues represents”.
“We want the supporters to be proud of this team, and they will be,” said the manager. Regarding the sports component, which is more of its field, the DS Martégal says that “announcements should arrive in the coming days” in order to strengthen the workforce. A workforce that has also lost many players in recent days.
Two hypotheses
With this in mind, “recruitment is articulated around a clear goal: to build a competitive team for the national championship,” says Djamal Mohamed. But “we also target profiles capable, if necessary, to adapt to a higher level. We must be ready for all possibilities, while remaining lucid: today, the priority is to assemble a coherent, ambitious, and capable team immediately,” he said.
“So I work in two hypotheses, as the president and the shareholder asked me. And I have all confident in their decisions. They set me a framework, I stick to it, and I know they will be there,” added the sports director, asked about the case of his coach Hakim Malek. Will he continue his work after 6 months promising? “It is our will, and it is also my personal wish. Hakim Malek showed very good things at the end of the season. He is under contract until June 30, and discussions are underway to consider a possible continuation of collaboration,” replied Djamal Mohamed. Depending on the DNCG decision, everything could therefore accelerate in Martigues in the coming days …
To summarize
FC Martigues will soon know. Relegated in National at the end of the 2024-2025 season, the Bouches-du-Rhône club will play a decisive match this Tuesday, June 24 in front of the DNCG. Decisive, because the latest news about the economic situation of the FCM are not really reassuring.
