Le Havre-MHSC: “I don’t want to respond to him through the press”, what is the conflict between Presidents Roussier and Nicollin ?

Pour l'heure, le président du HAC Jean-Michel Roussier, préfère manier l'humour dans les médias. Avant une explication avec son homologue du MHSC Laurent Nicollin. MAXPPP – EMMANUEL LELAIDIER

A disagreement opposes the two presidents over the distribution of funds allocated by the CVC. 

"If you're not happy, you leave the Championship and do something else." These words, pronounced by Laurent Nicollin in the JDD on March 17, did not go unnoticed in Le Havre and promise a match within the match this Sunday.

They were addressed to the president of the HAC, Jean-Michel Roussier, and concern the procedure launched by the latter against the agreement between the LFP and the Luxembourg investment fund CVC .

A deal worth 1.5 billion euros

On April 1, 2022, the two entities signed a deal worth 1.5 billion euros in order to recover professional clubs at the end of the double Covid-Mediapro crisis. With the guarantee for the fund to receive 13% of the income of the commercial company of the LFP "for life" but also a controversial distribution.

Exit the championship ? I agree, if the English are willing to welcome us into the Premier League

When the MHSC thus received 16 M€ this season (32 million euros in total), promoted Le Havre only received 1.5 million euros. What Roussier contests in court, while the Senate and the National Financial Prosecutor's Office (PNF) are closely interested in it. And what Nicollin stands for.

Saturday, his Le Havre counterpart replied to him in Paris-Normandy: "Exit the championship ? I agree, if the English would like to welcome us to the Premier League, we will go with our eyes closed! From Le Havre, we go faster to London than to Marseille. More seriously, I don't want to answer him through the press", confided the Norman. Who should, on the other hand, take advantage of their meeting this Sunday to say a few words about it.