Foot Business: OL ahead of Bordeaux

Budgets

Lyon is making the race lead with a budget of 192 million euros (2008-2009), whose 68 million generated by TV rights and 22.4 million by the ticket booth. The club Rhone-Alps with OM is the only French club now in the TOP 20 training richest in the world, published annually by Deloitte.

For its part, Bordeaux and its 100 million euro budget for 2010 could soon make its entry into the elite of European football, but it is far behind the giants Real Madrid, Manchester United, Barcelona or Chelsea. Again it is the TV rights which constitute the main income of the club (60%).As for ticketing revenue, they are directly impacted by the size of the Stade Chaban-Delmas and do not exceed 11 million euros.

Partnerships

It's July 1 comes into force the new sponsorship agreement between the club Jean-Michel Aulas and equipment supplier Adidas.Concluded for 5 years he would turn around 80 to 100 million euros over the period and should allow the team to move up a gear in terms of merchandising: Jean-Michel Aulas expects an annual pace of 500,000 jerseys sold (He would then par with the OM, also under contract with Adidas, and sold 450,000 jerseys, but a little behind Bordeaux and its 100,000 coats supplied by Puma).

While partnerships in 2008-2009 accounted for some 21 million euros and derivatives nearly 28 million, the club Lyon announced the imminent signing of three major sponsors, including the site of paris online Betclic which can not be displayed on the OL given the French legislation on online gaming – and a French institution that would make its entry in football.Near Bordeaux, the club saw its eleventh year in the bosom of "the little chain that goes," M6, which since 1999 provides managerial stability and sound financial management faxless pay day loans.

Wages

Despite their good results at continental or Lyon or Bordeaux will have the means to recruit elements of the first rank, those whose annual earnings exceed 10 million euros. As an indication, the highest paid player in Ligue 1, Lyon Lisandro Lopez, receives nearly 425,000 euros per month. Before him, another lyonnais, Karim Benzema, who left last summer to Real Madrid, who led the dance with 400,000 euros. This season, Lisandro is followed by Bordeaux, Yoan Gourcuff, which exceeds 300 000.Lisandro and Gourcuff, both players are also records for transfer to their respective clubs: 24 million euros for the first 13.5 million for the second. Side coach advantage in Lyon and Claude Puel, which would come to 230 000 euros.

Stadiums

This is the major project of Jean-Michel Aulas for years to come: give his club a major speaker to succeed the venerable Stade Gerland. The new stadium with a capacity of approximately 62 000 places (cons 40 000 currently), has announced a long time, but all administrative barriers are not removed. In the best case, it would open its doors in 2013. In economic terms, with more than 6 000 seats available in the VIP cons less than 2,000 today – the gain is considerable. Besides this arena is expected to be the epicenter of a vast complex dedicated to business and leisure.In Bordeaux, the City Council passed earlier this year the principle of building a new stadium, budgeted at between 160 and 200 million euros, with over 40,000 seats in the key. A deadline was set: the European Championship of Nations in 2016, that France would welcome them.