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

Montpellier, who have officially been relegated to Ligue 2, are one of several clubs French clubs that could go bankrupt by the end of the season.Photograph: Clement Mahoudeau/AFP/Getty ImagesIf 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 othe