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'If they want to go to court, let them go' - Lyon welcome to challenge Ligue 1 table ruling, says French Sports Minister

The French Sports Minister, Roxana Maracineanu, says Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 clubs are welcome to go to court if they have grievances with the end of the French football season.

The French prime minister announced this week that sport would not take place in the country until the end of August, scuppering plans to finish the 2019-20 season behind closed doors.

Lyon, who missed out on European qualification for the first time since 1997 as a result of the ruling, have already threatened legal action over damages they claim are worth “several tens of millions of euros.