Ligue 1’s two-faced truth: European success is masking financial ruin | Philippe Auclair

French clubs are enjoying best continental season in decades but catastrophic crisis could engulf entire leagueIf it is results that count, tout va bien for Ligue 1. Having so far accrued its second-highest total of Uefa ranking points in a single campaign, the “league of talents” remains on course to register its best season in Europe since the 1990s, when Marseille, Paris Saint-Germain, Monaco and others regularly featured in the latter stages of Uefa competitions.A transformed, ex