At the end of last week, Flavian Dair did not yet formally know in which jersey he would play this 1/8th final of the Coupe de France. Because the young 20-year-old striker is registered, like the other residents of the Grenoble training center, in both teams. Symbol of the system put in place by the Grenoble club since 2019 to bring its young people to the highest level. A player from the training center can indeed evolve with several teams : the under 20s of Grenoble, in D2 (third French level) with Vaujany, in D1 (second national level) with Chambéry, and also with the first team of the Brûleurs de Loups, in the Magnus League.
Grenoble claims to have trained more than 20% of French Magnus players
For the satellite clubs the advantage is to strengthen themselves with young players according to the matches and the needs, whereas for Grenoble the idea is to bring these same young people to the best possible level so that they can then fill the ranks of the first team. “In fact there are four floorsexplains the director of the Burners of Wolves training center Nicolas Tomasini, the player navigates between clubs from one day to the next, and you realize that you are training players ready to play for the pros when they come out of the three floors below”. A system that is bearing fruit, not only has Grenoble won the title last season
with many young people in its ranks, but the Brûleurs de Loups also claim to have trained more than 20% of French players playing in the Magnus League.
The links and loans also concern staff, such as Nicolas Tomanisi, who in addition to his Grenoble cap has a beautiful Chambéry costume, that of manager of the Elephants. So inevitably this Tuesday, November 1 in the evening will be apart for him: “I’m going to play against my boss”,_ smiles the one who knows what colors he will wear, ” I will be dressed from head to toe in Chambéry, it is a program that I must carry out “.
“It’s good for everyone who navigates between the two teams” -_ Flavian Dair, striker for both clubs
Flavian Dair also now knows how he will be dressed this Tuesday, it will be with the tunic of the Burners of Wolves, and he imagines a special meeting for all the young Grenoble and / or Chambéry guard, “it’s good for all those who navigate between the two teams, good for those of Chambéry who have the honor of playing against Grenoble, I think it will be fun”.
Even if sportingly, the gap between the two teams remains, on paper, significant, “it’s a bit like a match between GF38 and Real Madrid”,_ believes Nicolas Tomasini.