The situation contrasts with that of their male counterparts. While the latter, third in the Ligue 1 championship after 30 days, are getting closer to qualifying for a European competition, the women’s team of the Breton football club, which plays in Division 3, denounces unacceptable training conditions. “Lies, broken promises, unacceptable working conditions…” The whole group shares its ” Fed up “ in an open letter published on the online media website Footballers, Wednesday April 24.
“Our non-sporting situation is becoming unbearable. This can’t go on like this!denounce the players. It impacts our individual and collective performances; our physical and mental well-being. It endangers the physical integrity of the players and staff. We are not respected. »
The group mentions in particular contracts signed five months after arrival at the club, planned salary amounts which are not respected on the pay slips or even travel carried out at their expense. Insufficient support for players is also at the heart of the demands.
“Our staff is made up of only two members. The contribution of leaders was formally refused to us, although it was essential to the proper functioning of the national group; consequently forcing our staff to drive the two minibuses in which we cram 18″, deplores the women’s team. “Our travel conditions are deplorable and unfavorable for the practice of high-level sport. » “The revolt and the strike convent”they warn.
In a press release published on Thursday April 25the Stade Brestois, which is called “surprised by the facts mentioned”, declares having launched an internal investigation. The club specifies that it “immediately brought together” of the National Union of Professional Footballers, the union of French professional footballers.