Former PSG, Dijon, Strasbourg and Toulouse manager Antoine Kombouare has called on all the French Ligue 1 players to go on strike next season if Ligue 1 is not increased to 22 clubs.
The impacts of the novel Coronavirus has led to the cancellation of the 2019/2020 edition of the French Ligue 1, with PSG declared champions and bottom two Amiens and Toulouse relegated. French duo Kylian Mbappe and Wissam Ben Yedder were both leading the goal king race with 18 goals. The Ligue 1 board decided to award the golden boot to PSG forward Mbappe due to the fact that Mbappe scored more goals in open play and Ben Yedder scored 3 penalty goals .
There are criticisms across France as some clubs claim that the league board should have waited for a while before making any decision. Amiens and Lyon, have threatened legal action as they have negative effects on the decision. Lyon loses out on the Champions League with Amiens and Toulouse also relegated.
The former PSG manager said,"The players and coaches must agree to strike at the start of next season if that does not happen, there will be layoffs, even at the amateur level,. Having players end their careers in this way is terribly unfair, and I have always hated injustice. Amid this suffering and concern born of this crisis, we must unite. We are not united enough. It makes me angry."
Kombouare's most recent management job in football was with Toulouse, and his son works at Amiens as an administrative director. Despite this, Kombouare says he would feel the same way if any other team had been relegated.
A statement published by Amiens said: "This decision is for our club, all our players, coaches, administrators, volunteers and supporters extremely fraught with consequences.
We are waiting to see the response from the clubs and players about the decision made by Antoine Kombouare.
