Toulouse. Spacer’s: “Bubu” will return the keys
The Toulouse central Nicolas Burel, who arrived at Spacer’s in 2010, will leave the club at the end of the season, broadcasting a great void.
In a discipline where the workforce is upset from one season to another, there is an anomaly that has lasted for twelve years. A hyphen between all the different generations that have succeeded each other since his debut in Toulouse in 2010. In a little over a month, Nicolas Burel, who has become “Bubu” over time, will nevertheless leave the only club that he has known so far. “I wanted to set myself a new challenge, to prove to myself that I can play elsewhere than here, to discover another environment, another structure”, he justifies himself.
At 30, the native of Nantes revealed that it was “the right time” announcing that he had already “these last two years”. His future club only wishing to communicate at the end of the season, he did not discuss his future destination. As if to better enjoy his last games “at home”, he confides with a broad smile.
Since it’s almost time to remember, he admits that “it’s hard to choose because I had a lot of good times but I keep in mind those shared with players who have become friends, as well as our participation in the Champions League (2018, editor’s note) which was a great moment to experience”.
“I will always feel at home here”
Finalist of the Coupe de France in 2013, then of the championship in 2017, the central will leave a void in a locker room where his perpetual good humor and his ability to create a link with everyone were an oh so precious luxury for the two coaches. whom he rubbed shoulders with, Cédric Enard then Stéphane Sapinart. “It was a bit like my locker room”, he laughs when projecting himself on his future life where he will in turn have to learn “to find his place”.
No doubt in his dreams he would have preferred to leave Toulouse in the play-off rather than in the play-down where he will play the third day at Plessis-Robinson tonight. “I had a lot of ambitions for this season and it’s true that there is a bit of frustration because we had the team to do something big,” he admits. Regrets, a little, but not enough to spoil this long and beautiful story: “I will always feel at home here.” A promise as an epilogue.