Two weeks after the resumption, the Crocodiles are preparing their return to National. This Thursday, they trained at the Bastide with a group reinforced by young people and a player on trial.
We will have to get used to all these new faces. Thursday, late afternoon, the Crocodiles gathered at the Bastide for their daily training. There was nothing exceptional about the session and, for the observers, the little game consisted in identifying the newcomers and counting the absentees. There were seven players missing. Patrick Burner and Ronny Labonne who were this week with the Martinique selection, Kelyan Guessoum remained in care, as did Mahamadou Doucouré. For his part, Sanasi Sy injured his heel and went to Paris to consult a specialist. Formose Mendy, one of the recruits, was absent for personal reasons and with the agreement of the club.
As for Rafiki Said, who has two years left on his contract, he is about to leave. If his case is not settled over the weekend, he will return to the squad on Monday. The Nîmes group was completed by the integration of six young people from the reserve: Azzabi, El Hamri, Khalid, Paget, Paradowski and Saoudi. The novelty is called Edmilson Corréia (23 years old). This player, originally from Guinea-Bissau, has been on trial since the start of the week. He is a striker who comes from Saint-Étienne where he played seven games with the pros (including four in Ligue 1). He played last season with the reserves of ASSE and he has the advantage of being free of any contract.
The Nîmes transfer window is far from over, since there will still be ” three or four arrivals, excluding departures “, according to Sébastien Larcier, the sports director of NO. The club is looking for a goalkeeper, but also to strengthen in the middle and in attack. The program of friendly matches of the Crocodiles is changing since the meeting against Grenoble (L2) which was to be played on July 19 in Mallemort (Bouches-du-Rhône) is canceled (first at the initiative of the Isérois) and it is replaced by a match against Istres (N3), still at Mallemort but on July 25. Before that, Nîmes Olympique will play its first friendly match on Saturday July 15 at the Commanderie against Olympique de Marseille (L1).
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