Toulouse Football Club assistant coach laid off
Unexpected statement by Damien Comolli, this Thursday, December 1 at a press conference. The president of Toulouse Football Club has announced that a disciplinary procedure was in progress against Philippe Montanier’s assistant, Michaël Debève. He is “lay off as a precaution” said the leader of the Ligue 1 club, without further details.
President Damien Comolli also took the opportunity to scan the news of the club, while the TFC returned to training this Thursday, four weeks before the return of Ligue 1 with a trip to Marseille.
The sports record
“A disappointment in terms of points, not in terms of the game. But there is an identity in terms of the state of mind.
We have the 11th attack, the 15th defense We believe in our project. We take players to play with a very specific philosophy“.
Contract update: ongoing negotiations on Van den Boomen
President Comolli gave an update on the contracts of the most sought-after players. Rhys Healey is not recommended for private reasons. Anthony Rouault and Moussa Diarra have refused extension offers this summer. As for Branco Van den Boomen, his agent wanted the player’s salary doubled. But no offer arrived on Damien Comolli’s table last summer. Negotiations have not advanced and the conditions requested”are unattainable” for the club. Stijn Spierings will remain with him at least until the end of the season. Maxime Dupé and Brecht Dejaegere will discuss their extensions during the month of December.
Damien Comolli defended his summer transfer window: “A transfer window is not judged over three months but over two or three seasons. I have one regret for Tsingaras who has an exceptional state of mind. He didn’t tell us that he had groin pain because he wanted to succeed here. He had to be operated on.“
The right numbers
More 23,000 spectators on average at the Stadium from Toulouse since the start of the season. “What the TFC supporters are doing is admirable. In particular the Brice Taton turn,” relishes the president. Other projects are in progress:We are going to invest 20 million euros in our infrastructure with the performance center, the training center, our team’s locker room at the Stadium…“