Francisco Fardilha ne sera pas remplacé
“We operate differently. Admar Lopes (technical director of the club, editor’s note) is more involved in the choices. And you have to give Francisco one thing: when he left, he stalled the team. The question will arise more when the team has to be evaluated next season,” said general manager Thomas Jacquemier. After President Gérard Lopez on social networks, the leader ensures that the club wants to continue to put on a strong women’s team, despite a workforce in qualitative and quantitative decline since last winter.
Opening of the training center on July 1st?
“The section’s budget is 2 million euros over 2022-2023, i.e. 3rd in Division 1 (behind Lyon and Paris SG)” points out Thomas Jacquemier, whose opening of a women’s training center, project mentioned for several years, is “the concern”. “I am in contact with the CREPS and the University of Bordeaux. The women’s commission has put in place very clear specifications and we want it to be open on July 1, 2023. The number of women’s licenses is increasing, there are talents in the region and we want to integrate our young people. to the first team rather than making it 90% international. This is already the case this season and I think we have an ideal balance. There will perhaps be one or two years of transition where the team will be more fragile, with fewer certainties but will not let go of this trend. »
After the decision at the beginning of June to remove the reserve, justified by Francisco Fardilha by the level difference between R1 and D1 and the preference to lend young players in D2 to harden up, the club wanted to backtrack with a request for reinstatement in the Ligue de Nouvelle-Aquitaine, rejected because it arrived too late. “We wanted to keep both options for our players,” said Thomas Jacquemier. So we will have to wait until next year.