For Standard, there remains enormous progress to be made sportingly to hope to finally thrill the supporters again, as Marc Wilmots wanted when he returned to Sclessin.
To achieve this, the sports director knows that financial resources and therefore new investors are needed. Especially since Standard is faced with a major problem, the shortfall linked to a long absence on the European scene.
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Shortfall
Five years ago to the day, the Rouches played their last European match, against Benfica. Since then, nothing and therefore no significant revenue: from UEFA but also from ticketing and marketing in general.
In total, several tens of millions of euros have not returned to the coffers of the club, which is still in a complicated financial balance after the passage of 777 Partners, which ultimately never kept its promises.
Everything about the championship
Currently in the top 6, Standard knows that it will have to do everything to return to the European scene. A mission which will not, however, be simple because it is not enough to be in the playoffs to win the precious sesame.
In the meantime, we will have to succeed in stringing together victories in the championship. Elimination in the Belgian Cup forces the Liégeois to bet everything on a championship which is still quite open for the moment.
