Tensions in the management of the SCO. The arrival in Angers of the new sports advisor Jalal Benalla is not meant to relax Gérald Baticle.
After a catastrophic start to the season, marked by four defeats and two draws in the first six days of the championship, anger he ended the bleeding last Sunday and managed to concede his first real success since the resumption of Ligue 1 by beating Montpellier (2-1). A very small breath of fresh air for the team of a Gérald Baticle who, as much as by the results of his men, is worried about what is happening internally. The arrival of Jalal Benalla is one of the points that could not reassure him.
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Much like Luis Campos at PSG, the newcomer to the SCO has been named the club’s sports advisor. As mentioned The group in his columns, the man made himself known in particular to the Angevin fans by actively participating in the transfers of players such as Mohamed-Ali Cho, Batista Mendy or Billal Brahimi. The sports newspaper also points out that Benalla was ” quoted as part of a preliminary investigation by the Bobigny prosecutor’s office into questionable transfers“. A quote with no sequel since it was released without any charge against him. The newspaper indicates that this assumption does not bode well for Gérald Baticle that ” perhaps he expects decisions to elude him“.
The president will speak
Within the Angevin club, Benalla will take care of recruiting in the Paris region. In this cell is Patrice Girard, a man close to Gérald Baticle who arrived from Lyon last year together with the current SCO coach. While tensions exist and Baticle himself can no longer hide his annoyance in front of the microphones, the serenity seems far from back. According to the media, President Saïd Chabane is also preparing to restore some order among the various protagonists. Gérald Baticle and his former competitor for the position of coach, Abdel Bouhazama, will therefore be called up. Vibration.
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