Two new Girondins de Bordeaux players have qualified for the next World Cup in Qatar. These are Gideon Mensah and Junior Onana who will therefore find their teammates with a huge banana in the middle of the week. This Tuesday evening, they experienced perhaps the strongest moment of their early career.
The former qualified for the World Cup with Ghana thanks to a draw against Nigeria. Gideon Mensah was even the decisive passer on his team’s goal. Junior Onana will also go to Qatar thanks to Cameroon’s victory over Algeria after a completely crazy scenario. They both join the South Korean Ui-jo Hwang in the Girondins players qualified for this World Cup. By next autumn, other players could be selected in the event of good club performances. We think of Benoit Costil with France or Mbaye Niang with Senegal.
Behind the scenes, Frédéric Longuépée finds a job less than a year after his tumultuous departure from the Girondins. The former president of the club has been appointed head of the Paris La Défense Arena. A room where the Racing 92 Top 14 rugby team plays in particular. Its new boss, Jacky Lorenzetti praised “his knowledge of the sports and entertainment industry, his talent and his long operational experience” which will be “of great assets to give a new impetus” to this performance hall. As a reminder, Frédéric Longuépée arrived at the Girondins de Bordeaux in 2018 when the club was taken over by the American investment funds GACP and King Street. He left the club last June with the arrival of Gérard Lopez and especially after several months of conflict with the supporters.