Last season, Ligue 1's Lille won the Ligue 1 title, and after they won the title, many fans were shocked, after all, Ligue 1 is not the world of Paris? And The difficulty of Lille being able to snatch the Ligue 1 title from Paris is self-evident. However, Lille's performance has struggled a lot this season, the team is only 8th in the league after half-time, 18 points behind the top of the table Paris, why is Lille struggling so much? Mainly because the team has sold too many main players, but this is just the beginning, and the team will continue to sell people.
Last season, although Lille won the Ligue 1 title, there were also some problems with the team's finances. Last summer, Lille sold the team's four main players in succession, and all of them were players who were sold at a low price. €13 million sold main goalkeeper Menion to Milan, €17 million sold main midfielder Sumaré to Leicester City, 3 million to main substitute midfielder Cuamme to Troyes, and 2.5 million to substitute defender Sumaolo to Bologna. The departure of several main players led to a poor performance in Lille, but the Newcastle winter window still has to start selling people.
Recently, a number of French media confirmed that Lille's financial problems are still not alleviated, the team's winter window will continue to sell people, the winter window to open, the team sent the main striker Icoone to Fiorentina at a price of 14 million euros, and now Lille is also ready to sell the main defender Portman, the main defender Celik, the main front forward David and the main midfielder Sanchez, through the sale of these players, Lille hopes to recover about 100 million euros in transfer fees to help the team through the financial crisis.
I have to say that these teams in Ligue 1 are really not easy, the team may rise, but once the team gets good results, the top management will face to give players a salary increase, which makes the original financial situation of the club worse, the final result is that the team is not financially good, forced to sell, the team strength declines, and begins to mix in the middle and lower reaches and even relegation. Previously, Monaco was the best example, and now Lille is the same, who just doesn't know who the next team will be. And this may be the main reason why Ligue 1 cannot rise!