The latest Greens recruit, the 25-year-old goalkeeper was presented to the media this Thursday at noon. Janot’s role in his visit, his relationship with his friend Charbonnier, what Sainté represents, his response to criticisms of his size … Many topics were discussed!
Larso fully assumes his choice!
« Today I made the decision to move to Saint-Étienne because above all there is a challenge that awaits us, to seek this retention, because the current position is not the one envisaged by the club. I liked the challenge and also the speech of the management. »
« Football is made up of choices. I made that choice. Today I fully accept it and I am ready to take up this challenge that is being proposed to me. »
« Saint-Étienne are a very big French club so obviously there is what comes into play, Jérémie (Janot) was also important in this choice, because it is a club that is very close to his heart. I was able to talk to him about how the club works, how to deal with coming here. So there you go, he gave me good advice and also I thank him for the 6 months of great cooperation we had together. Above all, he told me to continue to be the same and told me about his beautiful experiences at the stadium. He told me he got Geoffroy-Guichard up, so he told me he hoped I would do the same. »
« Contact before this winter? I really don’t know, at least I hadn’t gotten that feedback. After I know there may have been interest before but it wasn’t concrete. »
A goalkeeper who defies criticism of his height
His qualities: ” I am a goalkeeper who, for my size, is toned, dynamic, in action. Well, if today everything went back to size, we’d get a basketball player to put in goal and that would be more than enough. Today we see that this is not the case. Today the circle of small goalkeepers is increasingly restricted but we are here. And it shows that despite my height, which is not that of the English profiles, you can be led to do well and today to have a career as a professional footballer. »
« Saint-Étienne speaks to everyone, it’s a historic French club, which is not in its place today, which is in difficulty. But Saint-Etienne makes many people dream. A lot of people follow this club, so it shows that I’m signing for a big historical French club. »
Gautier Larsonneur happy to find his friend Charbo and wants a good emulation among the goalkeepers!
« I only know 2 players. Lenny (Pintor) whom I met a little in Brest. And Charbo, with whom I played for 3 and a half years in Brest, we talked about it before. Who I was in contact with very regularly even though we weren’t in the same club anymore. He is a friend. Today I am happy to join him. For me he will be a point of reference in the locker room and vice versa, he knows I’m there. And we know what we are both capable of, his arrival has also strengthened my idea that we will achieve the objectives to be achieved at the end of the season. »
« I know Matthieu (Dreyer) a little bit because we had the opportunity to swap a couple of times during our L1 matches I think, when he was in Lorient and I was in Brest. He’s a guy I like that I had a good feeling with when we talked. After Etienne I don’t know yet, I’ll get to know him along the way. However, we are here to work together and be as competitive as possible. And I think that if there is competition between 4 goalkeepers, it can only raise the team. »
