TOP 14 – Thunderbolt in sight in Toulon! According to L’Équipe, Franck Azéma, manager of the RCT, should leave La Rade to head the professional group at USAP. He would replace Patrick Arlettaz, on departure at the end of this season.
L’USP has certainly found its future manager, and it is not the one we thought. According The Team, Franck Azemacurrent manager of RC Toulon, should leave his functions on the Rade. The former manager of theASM Clermont is indeed strongly expected to take the lead of the Catalan club, and this, from this summer. If his agreement with Pierre Mignoni in the Var is working well, with a 4th place in the ranking of Top 14 and a qualification in the last four of the Challenge Cup, the desire to find Perpignan would be strong for Azema.
Indeed, the 52-year-old technician knows the Catalan house well. player atUSP in 1990 and 1992, he then trained as a coach within the Perpignan structure. At the hopes first, between 2004 and 2006, then with the professional group, from 2006 to 2014, in the role of coach of the backs, with the key, the Shield of Brennus in 2009.
Franck Azéma: with what staff at USAP?
And this return to Catalan soil is about to become a reality. The discussions are indeed well advanced, and the case could be closed quickly, if we are to believe The Team. Therefore, in the event of an agreement and once the final details have been settled, including the release of his contract at the RCT, Franck Azema could work on the composition of his staff. And the latter could well be synonymous with continuity, since David Marty (head and back coach), Guillaume Vilaceca et Perry Freshwater (in charge of forwards) and Gerald Bastide (defense coach), all four under contract, should continue the adventure, this time alongside Franck Azema.
As a reminder, while the name of Franck Azema had never been mentioned before, Pierre-Henry Broncan et Vern Cotter had been surveyed to take over from Patrick Arlettaz. The first city, landed from Castres, finally chose to join Eddie Jones with the Wallabies for the World Cup. The second mentioned, he would still be waiting, while he received an offer from Romania for a role of consultant in view of the World Cup in France. But the two technicians would not have received any contract offer anyway. A sign that the Catalan board was looking to sniff out the right move elsewhere, near Toulon.
Franck Azéma, current manager of Toulon, is approached to take the reins of USAP management next season. In Perpignan, he would replace Patrick Arlettaz: pic.twitter.com/pOcbctlCZB
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