Ten months and then gone. In the pipes for several weeks, the information is now official. Xavier Thuilot leaves Angers. SCO President Saïd Chabane terminated the functions of the 55-year-old leader, whom he had appointed as the club’s deputy general manager on August 26, 2021. “We had an interview with the president at the end of the Championship, we took stock, he came to the conclusion that it was not working, indicates Thuilot. We felt it was best for everyone to stop. »
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Passed by Lille and Saint-Étienne, the now ex-DG of Angers, seduced by “the start-up side” of the SCO had been recruited to “write a new project and quietly install the club in a new cycle in Ligue 1.” However, in terms of cycle, the post of Deputy CEO of the SCO seems to be stuck on the “Spinning” program. Before the function was occupied on an interim basis in 2020-2021 by Philippe Caillot, a close friend of Chabane, the short-lived previous Deputy CEO Fabrice Favetto-Bon, appointed after the resounding dismissal of Olivier Pickeu, had not passed the summer and had thrown in the towel after five months.
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“No bitterness or sourness”
“This position only works when there is a delegation, if not total, at least very important. This is not necessarily the tradition at the SCO, eludes Thuilot. I have no bitterness or sourness towards the president. We had a season, the result was not up to our respective expectations. My only regret is not being able to give the full measure of my experience in this area. »
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This dismissal of Thuilot comes as the SCO is about to be sold to an American investment fund. It can be read as a way for President Chabane to clarify the organization chart presented to future investors.
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