Top 14. Comment Toulouse managed to do a double blow with the transfer Cheslin Kolbe
In his column “Mourad de Toulon”, the former president of the RCT Mourad Boudjellal paid tribute to Ugo Mola and his president Didier Lacroix. He particularly underlined the work carried out by the technician in the pink city: “I wanted to pay tribute to two rugby characters: the first is Ugo Mola for the team he set up in Toulouse, the game system. I was in front of my TV and Toulouse crushes everything in its path. That’s wonderful. And I even think it’s the best team of the last twenty years without any problem.“The departure of the South African star Cheslin Kolbe does not seem to have affected the French champion. According to Boudjellal, the latter would have even gained at the exchange, at least on a financial level. An operation much more interesting than one does not imagined it. “Behind each coach hides a great president. So there is Didier Lacroix who pulled off an incredible blow on Kolbe. “
As a reminder, to acquire the services of the 28-year-old winger, still under contract at Stade Toulousain, the RCT had to pay compensation of around 1 million euros “plus the July / August / September / October and November salary that Toulon paid to Toulouse under a second indemnity because Toulouse had a little room in its employee cap and not the RCT. So far, nothing illegal, it’s just optimization. Nothing to say.” Except that in the meantime, Kolbe was injured in selection with the Springboks. An injury that will have a real impact on the financial side: “This means that the salary for September, October and November will not be paid by Toulouse, even if he cashed it because it is an indemnity. He will be paid for by the insurance companies of South Africa and World Rugby at 100%. It means that Didier Lacroix made a double blow! When we do not provide in a contract that it is on the reality of the salaries paid by two clubs, this is what happens. Bravo Didier Lacroix“It just goes to show that everything is smiling in Toulouse at the start of the season!