Friday May 29, Bruno Irles replaced Emmanuel Da Costa on the Quevilly-Rouen bench. Recruitment of choice for the recent 14th National 1. We explain why.
Posted on Jun 7, 20 at 4:22 p.m.
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Quevilly-Rouen (QRM) holds his new coach. Since May 29, 2020, and shortly after the sudden departure ofEmmanuel Da Costa in Lyon-Duchère, the club chaired by Michel Mallet made a nice move by opting for Bruno Irles (44 years). The technician is expected in Normandy on 1er July.
Eloquent name of Monaco football of the 1990s, the former defender has recently abandoned Pau and the hypothesis of a first stay in Ligue 2 for a challenge with the recent 14e (out of 18) from National 1. His contract covers two seasons. A long enough time to learn more about the new technician of reds and yellows.
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Find Ligue 2 in three years
A season and a half will have sufficed for him. Inducted by Pau in January 2019, Bruno Irles managed to bring the Béarn club to Ligue 2, a great first in its history. In a season reduced to 25 games by Covid-19, Pau and Irles, 1ers at the end of the championship, also won the final classification of N1.
A few words to announce my departure from Pau FC at the end of my contract on June 30. pic.twitter.com/dp41S6RYmy
– Irles Bruno (@IrlesBruno) May 11, 2020
The romance ended abruptly, however, in a press release, on May 11: “For me, the conditions were no longer met,” wrote the new QRM technician. Despite these differences, the club from Pau savagely eliminated the Girondins de Bordeaux in 16e final of the Coupe de France (3-2 a.p.), then stood up to PSG in the next round (0-2). Excuse me a little.
In Seine-Maritime, Michel Mallet gave him the objective “to find Ligue 2 within three years”. An audacity shared by the principal concerned. “A page was turned with the departure of Manu Da Costa, I will try to give momentum to this club. “
Mbappé and Irles, total disenchantment
The bad buzz from his young coaching career. A former AS Monaco trainer, Irles polished certain talents from the 1990-2000 generations (Diallo, Kurzawa, Eysseric, etc.). But not Kylian Mbappé, whom he trained in U17 in Monaco. At the time, the PSG striker, already labeled immense talent, had little or no integration into his compositions. In question, a “gross lack of humility”, according to a Internal memo since revealed in the media.
A situation capable of pointing the entourage of the Ile-de-France, recruited shortly before at a golden price by the ASM. At the end of the season, Irles was directed to Arles-Avignon. But as world champion he is, Mbappé still does not have the favors of the new QRM coach:
I blamed him for not defending, for having a certain sufficiency in attitude …, whispered Irles in the Team last January.
Dubbed by Wenger… and Domenech
Before being a consultant for Canal + and a coach, former football player Bruno Irles won two titles of champion of France, in 1997 and 2000. Two titles obtained with AS Monaco, his only club (1994- 2003). The native of Charente-Maritime also knew the France hopes team and evolved under the orders of a certain Raymond Domenech. The last notable fact of his playing career was the legendary Arsene Wenger, former glory of Arsenal, who got him started with professionals in 1994.
He (briefly) hardened in Moldova
Less known about his career, Bruno Irles also coached the then Moldovan champion FC Sheriff Tiraspol. A journey of barely five months in this small eastern European country (3.5 million inhabitants). But a real calling card for this methodical trainer: visible on TV sets since his return, Irles rebounded in Pau in January 2019. With the success we know him: QRM, now, to take advantage of it.
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