A distressed transfer market and a TV-deal up in the air: Coming off the back of a €700 million operating loss, how well-suited are French clubs to deal with the pandemic?

Just a single Ligue 1 club recorded an operating profit in the 2018/19 season with most dependant on big transfers to be sustainable.

The average wages-to-revenue ratio was close to 80 per cent and is likely to have risen as the crisis continues to slash income.

Despite Covid-19, clubs got their wallets out this summer, expecting revenue to rise due to the record Mediapro TV-deal, but that agreement is now up in the air - posing a massive problem.

Offthepitch.com has analysed the finances of France's top flight clubs prior to the pandemic's advent.