A missed appointment for the one who left the Rennes club in the summer of 2020, ten years after having joined it. Tattevin then took a license from FC Côte Bleue, in National 3 (fifth French division). But Ferrier does not lose hope: “ We knew he was a boy who could have an indirect course. That he does not succeed with us, that he understands certain things, so that he gets back on the right path, and in work. This is what happened. A first door opens at the end of July. It is tested by Olympique de Marseille during a friendly match between the reserve of the Marseille club and FC Côte Bleue. A part during which he also delivers an assist. But the file is finally closed without follow-up. It is then necessary to wait two months for a new opportunity to present itself. Paris FC is looking for an offensive reinforcement for its reserve, and the player’s entourage offers it to the Ile-de-France club. The test is successful and the story begins. On a blank page. Tattevin arrives in a city he does not know and above all, with a lower status. This is called stepping out of your comfort zone.
And it is Mathieu Lacan, coach of the reserve, who is responsible for setting the framework for this new footballing life. ” He arrived with habits… He had a dye, he was overweight, so immediately we put the frame. I explained the expectations to him. Eindeed, we put it right side up. I didn’t give him a present. As long as he had more body fat than I wanted, he wasn’t playing. We were clear on this. And then in training, we put an evaluation system in place, a training system that allowed to maintain the intensity, the pace,… ”It must be said that Paris FC has made a specialty of“ second chances ”. As with Samir Chergui, not kept in Auxerre and arrived only a few months before Arnaud. The equation is simple: ” For us, this is a good pick, in the sense that he is a good attacker to strengthen the N3. But at the same time, it’s a second chance, because he is a kid who has talent and who, on a Ligue 2 level, can perhaps pass the course. We tell ourselves why not! We set a work objective for the season, we give ourselves a year. At the end of the year, either he does a professional recovery, or he goes to a National 2 or National 1 level. »
Arnaud Tattevin new
Not physically ready, Arnaud Tattevin does not play the first league matches. Then the covid goes through there … And he must therefore wait until January to play his first game against Lille, in a friendly. Tattevin 2.0 hatches. Lacan says: ” We do a series of fifteen matches between reserves of professional clubs, from January to the end of May. He must have made 12 or 13 and he scores ten goals. And then he trained seriously, he began to regain an interesting form weight, a real work attitude, to perform well in matches,… It took a while, he started to perform in February / March. »
By consulting, the sports director of the club, Frédéric Hébert, and Mathieu Lacan then decide to have him resume the following season with the professional group, in the company of a few other young elements. A recovery with a new staff (after the appointment of Thierry Laurey) and which takes place with the presence of Mathieu Lacan. To make the connection. And crop them when necessary. Lacan has fun: ” I am behind them. Arnaud, for example, taking a cold bath during the preparation course, if I am not behind him, that I do not catch him to tell him to come and do it, he does not do it. It’s not his cup of tea. However, over time, it was he who sent me the photos, as if to say: look, I’m in the cold bath, I’m doing the job. »
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