Like every Monday, it’s time to take stock of the transfer info of the last few days! Toulon goes on the attack as a winger and targets Louis Dupichot, Montpellier signs its third English recruit and Valence-Romans is busy finding their next coach… Here is the behind the scenes of the transfer window!
Toulon: Dupichot approaching?
The Toulon staff are looking for a winger Jiff for the coming season. Suddenly, the leaders have logically surveyed the market for players at the end of the contract in recent weeks. And three names come back with insistence: the Bordelo-Béglais Geoffrey Cros (25 years old), the Montpellier international Vincent Rattez (30 years old; 9 selections) and the Racingman Louis Dupichot (27 years old). According to the latest information, the latter would hold the rope to take up a new challenge on the Rade in a few months.
Arrived at the Ile-de-France club in 2011 to join the training center, the person concerned has more than a hundred appearances with the sky and white jersey, Top 14 and Champions Cup combined, for twenty-seven tries. Also able to play at the back, Dupichot had been loaned to Pau during the 2016-2017 season. During the current exercise, he appeared nine times for seven starts and one try.
Montpellier: a third English recruit will arrive
According to information from L’Équipe, the English international pillar of Exeter Harry Williams (31 years old, 19 caps) has signed up with Montpellier, which was looking for a replacement for Mohamed Haouas, leaving for Clermont. Harry Williams is a Chiefs executive. He has played sixteen games this season, fifteen of which as a starter. Montpellier continue their recruitment in England since the MHR had already obtained the signatures of third row Sam Simmonds and hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie.
Valence-Romans: Raphaël Saint-André or David Gérard in the running?
The leaders of Valence-Romans, who plays at the top of the National table and can aim to move up to Pro D2 at the end of the current financial year, are currently working to find the right technician to place at the head of the staff. next season. Several names have been circulating lately. Among them, that of Raphaël Saint-André, originally from the area and who notably trained Lyon, Dax, Hungary or Russia; or that of David Gérard, who was dismissed from his post in Montauban at the end of October. The former second line has also already officiated in Béziers and Lyon.
