Coronakrisen makes it impossible for Brøndby IF to anticipate what the outcome of the annual accounts for the year 2020 will be.
the football leagues is currently still the world over, and the same applies to the Danish Superliga.
It has major financial implications for the clubs who can look forward to losing revenue from ticket sales and tv money.
As a consequence have Danish superliga club Brøndby IF decided to suspend the expectations of the årsresultatet for 2020, writes the club in an announcement.
Brøndby has previously stated that the expectations for 2020 was a profit before tax of between minus 20 and minus 30 million dollars.
18. march was the League postponed indefinitely. On Monday night said prime minister Mette Frederiksen (S) at a news conference that there will not be allowed large gatherings again until at the earliest 1. september.
exactly What it gets of importance to the League, is not yet known.
But in the light of the announcement has created “significant economic uncertainty, where the impact of the current injunction will be on Brøndbys total result for 2020,” writes the club.
Up to 10. may apply the prohibition to meet more than ten people, which makes it impossible to play football.
Brøndbys executive director, Ole Palmå, hope that the authorities in the next phase of the reopening of the society permits, to re-play matches.
– It is an extremely complex and difficult situation we are in, which was reinforced by the prime minister’s press conference yesterday (Monday, ed.).
– There must not be any doubt that a closure of our business in as many months will have enormous consequences for Danish football.
– Along with the divisions ‘organization and the Danish business now we have a big task ahead of us, how we will work together with the authorities can ensure that hjælpepakkerne makes the maximum benefit and ensure the clubs’ future existence, he says to the club’s website.
Brøndby put Monday the sale of season tickets for the coming season in time, and on the first day, there was renewed season tickets for over a million dollars, writes the club.
– Every penny counts, for without the revenue from match days, it is natural that we as a club will be pressure on liquidity. The patience and support shown to the club in this difficult moment, is crucial for us to succeed, says Palmå.
In January and February, Brøndby, by his own admission, a satisfactory start to the financial year 2020, among other things due to player sales and a significant decrease in lønkroner.
19. may publish Brøndby interim financial report for the 1. quarter.
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