Mechelen renounces any lawsuit against Mouscron and will play in D1B this season

FC Mechelen has dropped all charges against Mouscron. The president of the Malinois club Johan Timmermans informed Pierre François, the general manager of the Pro League. Mechelen, which will play well in Division 1B this season, thus stops all proceedings before the courts and the competition authorities over the granting of the license to the Excel Mouscron.

The " Kavé "sportingly relegated Proximus League had been dismissed on June 11 of his application for interim relief by which he asked to play this season in Jupiler Pro League, which would have counted in this case 17 teams. The club has decided to focus solely on the sporting aspect and intends to win on the ground the right to evolve in the 2019-2020 season again in division 1A.

Marc Coucke, President of the Pro League, s' is declared satisfied. " This is very good news for the operation of the Pro League and we hope that from now on the professional clubs will settle their problems internally. "

FC Malines, in relegation position at the end of the past season, still wanted to be the " 17th club " of the highest division of the championship, the club Mouscron still subject to a criminal investigation. According to the Malinois accusations, the hennuyer club actually belongs to agents of players, which is against the rules and should prevent the Mouscronnois to obtain the license necessary to participate in the D1A.