Barassi on his way to Toulouse
After having spent his entire professional career in Lyon, the three-quarter international center Pierre-Louis Barassi confirmed his departure this summer for Toulouse in an interview with Midi Olympique.
Stade Toulousain continues to build its future workforce. While executives like Antoine Dupont or Thomas Ramos have decided to continue the adventure, players such as Alexandre Roumat, Arthur Retière, Ange Capuozzo or Melvyn Jaminet will join the reigning French champion. To this list, it will now be necessary to add the name of Pierre-Louis Barassi. The three-quarters international center put an end to the suspense in an interview with the magazine Midi-Olympic, confirming his departure from Lyon to Toulouse this summer. “This is my sixth season at Lyon, where I played my first professional matches and to whom I will always be indebted,” he recalled. But We may constantly question ourselves and do everything to get out of our comfort zone on a daily basis, but the best way to do this is to put ourselves in danger by changing our environment.. “If he admits that the choice to join Toulouse “is 95% sporting”, the personal aspect is also played. “The remaining 5% being that this choice allows me to get closer geographically to my family, who is still in Narbonne”, adds Pierre-Louis Barassi.
🚨 “I’m going to Toulouse to continue to progress” 🔴⚫️
From his indirect contribution to the Grand Slam des Bleus to his future Toulouse adventure, Pierre-Louis Barassi has not chosen any subject.
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Barassi: “You can always refuse”
Assuring that “Toulouse is one of its historic clubs, which leaves no one indifferent”, the decision to take the plunge was carefully considered. “You can always refuse, of course, but hey,” he addressed. I took the time to think, I weighed the pros and cons but, in the end, what prevailed was above all this need for a change of scenery at this time in my career.. Called in as reinforcements by Jacques Brunel during the 2019 World Cup in Japan after Wesley Fofana’s package, Pierre-Louis Barassi does not hide the fact that the next World Cup is in the back of his mind but that a return to Blue will essentially go through his club performance. ” What guided me was this need for a change of scenery, to learn other things, to discover new training methods and new partners to become a better rugby player., assures the native of Sélestat. In the end, a selection for the France team is only the consequence of what we have become as a player. Of course I want to take this course in the short or medium term But, before turning to his Toulouse adventure, Pierre-Louis Barassi intends to “end the season as it should with the LOU”.