It’s the end of the Jaminet soap opera! Yes, the international full-back will leave USAP next June and yes, he will play at Stade Toulousain for the next three seasons. Melvyn Jaminet who was the guest of Canal + this Thursday evening during the Late Rugby Club formalized, himself, this departure.
Melvyn Jaminet explains that leaving the Catalan club is not easy: “It was USAP that came to get me and trusted me when I was looking for a club. USAP welcomed me with open arms and got me started. It’s not easy to leave USAP, I’ve been here for four years. I lived extraordinary moments.
The choice is not only personal, I discussed it a lot with the club and it was important for me that he agreed with this choice and when he agreed, it was a relief. USAP understood this career choice. The announcement is made, I want to free myself from all that, to take advantage of the last moments and do everything to maintain the club. explained the international back to France Bleu Roussillon.
Announcing my departure will free me from this pressure
Since last July, the departure of Melvyn Jaminet for Toulouse has been mentioned again and again, the smallest facts and gestures have been spied on and commented on. The young player who has multiplied the back and forth between his club and the France team has sometimes struggled to manage this pressure : “It got a lot of talk. At the beginning we ignore it but over time it became heavy, it was heavy to carry by dint of seeing it in the press. Mentally, it started to weigh and the fact of announcing it will release me from this pressure. I want to enjoy now, to go to the stadium with a smile, to be with the team. He will stay 4 or 5 games and I want to play them at 200% and get a kick out of the field“.
Unsurprisingly, it is therefore at Stade Toulousain that Melvyn Jaminet will play for the next three seasons. The original Var back will experience strong competition with the extension of Thomas Ramos’ contract or the arrival of Italian international Ange Capuozzo. “I thought about it for a long time and the sports project of Stade Toulousain inspires me, I have this ambition to continue to evolve, to progress in my career and hope to win titles in the years to come. We know that we are putting ourselves in danger with the competition in place, we can have less playing time, but it is up to the player to prove that he has his place and to do everything to play. The competition will make us raise our level and we will give the best of ourselves, which will serve us for the future and for the France team, for a possible World Cup..”
Melvyn Jaminet’s interview can be heard on the morning shows of France Bleu Roussillon and France Bleu Occitanie. Also with the reactions of Patrick Arlettaz (USAP coach) and François Rivière (USAP president).