FC Lorient will at least play another season in the French Ligue 1 thanks in part to the 14 goals of Terem Moffi, who will clock 22 tomorrow, while Moses Simon and FC Nantes have been offered a second chance to escape relegation via the playoffs.
FC Lorient forced a 1-1 draw at fellow strugglers Strasbourg to finish the season on 16th place with 42 points from 38 matches.
The big question now is – Will the coastal club be ready to sell their Nigerian shooting star for a handsome profit?
In another Ligue 1 relegation dogfight on the final day of action involving a Nigeria star, FC Nantes finished 18th with 40 points to get the chance to again fight with clubs in Ligue 2 to stay up in the French top flight.
They needed to win at home against Montpellier and hope for other favourable results, but instead they fell 2-1.
It was a most turbulent season for ‘The Canaries’ after they changed coaches twice.
This was after a previous campaign when they had come close to qualifying for Europe.