The new investorRowing Bayonnais Football
presented this Monday to France Bleu Pays Basque the project he intends to carry out within theRowing Bayonnais Football in order to bring it into a professional dimension. Karim Fradin indicates that the SAS [NDLR: Société Anonyme Sportive] has been registered. The former professional footballer would like to renovate the club’s infrastructure or even relaunch the project ofguardian academy
. The idea affirms the ** former president of the Chamois Niortais **, is that Bayonne
becomes “the beacon of football in the French Basque Country.“
A rise in National within 5 years
the centenary club
, who is currently evolving in National 3, will now have the ambition to go up to National. For this, Karim Fradin remains discreet about the amount he will invest in the club, but reveals his sports project. To achieve his goal, he wants intensify the club’s ties with the Spanish Basque country “He There is already a partnership with Athletic Bilbao which is underway. So inevitably, we will meet them again. (…) We can imagine loan formulas for young people with certain Spanish clubs (…) On the other hand, you have to at least go up to N2 so that you can start to be interesting.“
Infrastructure renovation
If the contractor considers that the Didier Deschamps stadium is “very correct for the level,” it should, however, be improved. The one who is also the manager of a football consulting company explains that he knew the situation in Niort, which “quickly showed its limits“because of their stage (…) If we want to grow, there is an important structural aspect“. A project that must be done in partnership with communitiesit will be a “intelligent accompaniment“says Karim Fradin. Since his visit, the Chamois Niortais have evolved into League 2.
Developing partnerships and attracting investors
To go up in National, the fifty-year-old wishes to attract investors and partners, at the local level: “We are in the process of creating a structure which will be called Baiona Development and which will also allow local actors, even outside the Basque Country and in particular local actors, to support us in this project. (…) It’s a human adventure in which we integrate people of the territory, who love their club, fundamentally their club. I wouldn’t have come to Aviron Bayonnais Football Club if I hadn’t felt this love for this club and this desire to see this club grow.”