I’m not sure I follow the math here. Your women’s side lost €1.5m, your men’s side lost €3.5m, but you can’t afford your women’s side? Who are losing less money per year by 3x to 7x, depending on who you ask?

The president acknowledges he can no longer meet the financial demands of both professional teams and is focusing on the men’s side, who play in France’s third division, non-professional, on the grounds that men’s football generates more revenue. “We cannot invest the same energy in men’s and women’s football. That’s unrealistic,” he told Ecofoot in October.

“We’re already surprised he funded the women’s section for two years,” says a source at the club, who never sensed any real interest from the new president in the women’s team. “He’s a businessman: if it doesn’t make money, it goes.”

Dijon are running a deficit of around €5m (£4.4m) for the 2025-26 season. According to the board, the women’s section alone accounts for €1.5m in losses – a figure disputed by the players and the financial officer of the women’s side, claiming it is more like €600,000.