Thing promised… He had said that he would deliver his explanations on this first week of winter market, he did not slip away. Yesterday at noon the trainer Patrice Garande was expected, he answered us. First clarifying the situation of the goalkeepers of his squad, brought to the number of four since Tuesday evening and the signing (free, 3 and a half years old according to our information) from Norrköping of the Swedish Isak Pettersson, 23 years old.
“This does not call into question the established hierarchy: Max ‘(Dupé) remains number one, says the coach, Isak comes as a lining. We made the choice to enlist a goalkeeper because Mauro (Goicoechea) had blocked back worries, which – from a medical point of view – can reappear at any time. Given our ambitions, we did not want to run the slightest risk. “
Bloch remains N ° 3
And the N ° 3 Florentin Bloch, then… “Flo ‘is a young goalkeeper, not ready to be N ° 2. It makes sense: he is in a phase of progression, he continues his learning. We just covered ourselves at the case Max has a problem. “
Release voucher for “Goico”
What to do, by corollary, with Goicoechea?
“I had a discussion with Mauro, the president too. Before being a player, he’s a man with a family. We’ll see with him what he wants to do, leave now if there is possibilities or stay until June when his contract expires. And we will do everything to make it go as well as possible, whatever the decision taken. I repeat that it is not at all a question of level, investment or behavior in training. “
The Violets technician then confirmed that the loan with option to buy (estimated at € 1.5m) from Belgian center-back Sébastien Dewaest, belonging to KRC Genk (29), was an “opportunity not to be missed” . “We have a lot of defenders in the hinge (Gabrielsen, Amian, Diakité, Rouault and even Moreira without forgetting Rogel), but mainly young people. With his background, this boy will help us in the quest for our objective ascent.”
Dewaest on the bridge on Monday?
It should be noted that both Pettersson and Dewaest, qualified, should be part of the group announced this evening for the escapade in Calvados.
As for the agitation reigning around midfielder Manu Koné, Patrice Garande also calmed the debates – smirk, nevertheless: “Manu is here, he is doing well, he has trained normally and will be one of the players summoned for Caen. As for Grenoble the following Saturday. It is an important element of the TFC on which I count. ” Recall that the latest information that transpired on Friday reported a transfer against € 9 million to Borussia Mönchengladbach who would give back in the wake of the Violets their nugget until the end of the season.
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