If the Montpellier president did not retain his captain and scorer, who had the club’s biggest salary and who had three years of contract left, it is simply because the latter no longer had his head in Montpellier despite his repeated declarations of love to MHSC and his supporters.
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“When you have a fiancée and she doesn’t want to sleep with you anymore, you’re not going to tie her up”
Laurent Nicollin, president of Montpellier
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“If the player is attached to the club and says he does not want to leave, there is not even a discussion with Nice, Nicollin replied, still bitter but not resentful. But when the player absolutely wants to leave because he believes that it is a plus for his career to go to Nice, we discuss, we exchange. We have to be honest, there is still more potential to win matches with a billionaire behind and a stadium of 35 or 40,000 seats. “
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“It’s not Laurent Blanc or Roger Milla. If he had stayed, he could have made club history, but he chose something else. Good for him, too bad for us. We are not going to feel sorry for Andy who is someone I really appreciate and who has been high for the club for three years, retains Nicollin. The story ends in blood sausage, it bothers me for my new coach (Olivier Dall’Oglio) but that’s life. When you have a fiancée and she doesn’t want to sleep with you anymore, you’re not going to tie her up. If she leaves, you find another one and that’s it. I understand that people are disappointed, especially in the manner. “
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Failing to have kept his flagship player, the sales of Delort but also of Gaëtan Laborde in Rennes will have enabled Nicollin, who took some “Full mouth with the Covid and Mediapro”, to balance your budget: “We are financially secure to finish the season. “ If he has not been able to go crazy to replace his formidable duo (Germain and Gioacchini have arrived), facing in particular the refusal of Nîmes to give him Zinédine Ferhat, his ambition remains “To finish in the top ten” this season.
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