From lion cubs to crocs. The club announced this Wednesday afternoon the termination of the contract of its Senegalese international midfielder. A smooth separation with a player appreciated by the public and the locker room. He would have signed a 6-month contract with Nîmes Olympique, also a resident of Ligue 2.
“Thank you for everything Joe”. This is the title of the video posted by FC Sochaux-Montbéliard this Wednesday. A montage of goals, actions and moments of joy from the thirty-year-old player who will have marked the recent era of the FCSM.
Joseph Lopy and the Bonal stadium are two periods. That of the seasons from 2011 to 2015, where the African midfielder will discover the FC Sochaux training center and experience Ligue 1 then Ligue 2. Before returning in 2020, bring experience to a young team in need of frames.
Having become a Senegalese international, Joseph Lopy won the African Cup of Nations in February 2022 with the Teranga Lions. The rest of his club season will have been less happy. Injured during a pre-season match this summer, he did not return to competition until the end of the year but as a substitute. His need for playing time made a move to another club inevitable.
The Doubiste club, which is due to face ASSE this Saturday at Geoffroy Guichard for the 20th day of Ligue 2, loses a locker room manager, but has strengthened offensively by having signed another African international, the striker, a few hours earlier. Beninese Jodel Dossou.
