The Metropolitans 92 of Boulogne-Levallois, last in Betclic Elite and relegated to Pro B, experienced a new twist in their turbulent off-season… and undoubtedly the last. Saturday evening, the town hall of Boulogne-Billancourt, owner of the club, did not file the voluntary appeal, at the end of the deadline granted by the National League (LNB), to express its intention to return to Pro B.
A project with Luc Dayan
On May 14, the leaders of the Hauts-de-Seine club, finalists in the French Championship a year ago with Victor Wembanyama (now in the NBA with the San Antonio Spurs), decided not to enter the Metropolitans in the Championship, after a catastrophic season, when the club was almost starting from scratch on the floor with the departure of its young star.
But ten days later, the businessman Luc Dayan, who managed several football clubs (Lens, Lille, Strasbourg, Nantes), announced that he was proposing to the town hall a project to take over the Mets 92, in association with Eurostep Ventures, a US investment fund.
The town hall would have changed its mind in half an hour
According to our information, on Saturday around 11 p.m., the town hall of Boulogne-Billancourt agreed to file the voluntary appeal with the LNB, but it changed its mind half an hour later, without giving any explanations. to interested parties. This about-face would mark the disappearance of the club born in 2007 under the name Paris-Levallois, after the merger of Paris Basket Racing and Levallois Sporting Club Basket. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>
If the voluntary appeal had been filed and the transfer of the club to Luc Dayan’s project recorded on Monday, the Mets would have had a hearing before the National Directorate of Consulting and Management Control (DNCCG) on Tuesday to defend their place in Pro B.
The composition of Pro B announced Tuesday
According to the texts of the LNB, there is still the possibility of going before the Federal Appeals Chamber. An unlikely hypothesis, since it would require setting up a new takeover project – assuming that the refusal of that of Mr. Dayan explains the town hall’s decision – and that the National League must give Tuesday the composition of the Betclic Elite and Pro B for the next season.
Évreux, 17th and penultimate in Pro B and therefore relegated to Nationale 1, should thus be maintained at the second national level.
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