Day of recovery for the Chamois niortais. The Deux-Sévrien footballers returned to training this Tuesday, June 21 for the new season of Ligue 2. Season which starts on July 30 with a trip to Annecy.
Sébastien Desabre is there at the head of the team while rumors of a potential departure rustled on the web ten days ago. “Everything that is tweet, Facebook and company, I don’t have to comment on the comments. It’s the market that is like that, there are solicitations, there are also contracts that are in progress. Me you know what I think of Niort, it has potential, we will try again to have a good season and I am very happy to be here”.
It’s a far cry from all the bling that surrounds football. It’s also good to live simple – Charles Kaboré
Back-to-school atmosphere so this Tuesday morning. “We have a lot of desire, determination, the adrenaline of the new season, recovering equipment, seeing friends”, says goalkeeper Mathieu Michel. It is also the beginning of integration for new recruits, four so far. Among these new players, Charles Kaboré former OM player, very happy to be there. “It’s good, good, simplicity, tranquility. It’s far from Marseille, from Russia, from all the bling bling that surrounds football. It’s also good to live simple, to go back to the source”, says the 34-year-old midfielder.
On the transfer window, “we had targeted players, we managed to bring them in”welcomes Sébastien Desabre. “It can still change in the coming weeks. We have a player on trial at Guingamp, we are following other players. We will also see in the direction of departures what can happen. But for the moment we have a base, not similar to last year, but practically the same”explains the coach.
Do better than 13th place last season
The objective for this new season: “it’s already to assess the team’s abilities in the first matches and continue our form of progress. Two years ago we made the play-offs last year we finished third so we would like to do better than the ‘last year”indicates Sébastien Desabre who will have a new assistant since Jean-Philippe Faurea history of the club, is leaving.
The Deux-Sévrien footballers will be next week in preparation course in the Côtes d’Armor. They have five friendlies planned before the resumption of the championship. The first is scheduled for July 1 against Guingamp.