2023-06-30 10:43:01
Wemby gone, it is the great void that settles in Boulogne-Levallois. Vice-champions of France, the Metropolitans 92 were not selected Thursday for the Eurocup next season – the two French representatives will be Bourg-en-Bresse and Paris Basketball, with its new coach the Finn Tuomas Iisalo.
In addition, the Mets locker room is now hollow. While they were facing Monaco (85-92) at Roland-Garros in match 3 of the Betclic Elite final in front of 15,000 spectators another 15 days ago, the only survivor of the squad happens to be the captain, Lahaou Konate…
Vincent Collet left his coaching position to prepare for the 2024 Olympic Games with the France team. Even if according to our information Laurent Foirest seemed to hold the rope to succeed him. The sporting director, Alain Weisz, has retired.
And then, thirteen players changed horizons, in particular Victor Wembanyama (San Antonio Spurs) and Bilal Coulibaly (Washington Wizards), respectively first (San Antonio Spurs) and seventh choice of the NBA draft.
For lack of insurance to participate in the Eurocup, the Mets were hampered in their efforts to recruit new players.
Paradoxically, the club is in good financial health. According to information from The teamthe Mets presented DNCCG with a budget of 11 million euros, driven by remunerative outsourced posters this season – two at the Accor Arena, one at Roland-Garros – and record jersey sales for a French club, sales boosted by Wembamania.
Still according to L’Equipe, the Mets were discussing with two potential partners across the Atlantic, but the absence of a ticket for the Eurocup is a brake in the negotiations. One of the American tracks indeed made the presence in the European Cup a condition of its arrival.
The ECA, the company administering the Euroleague and the Eurocup, which favors economic criteria over sporting arguments, rejected the candidacy of the Metropolitans, despite two visits by Alain Bouvard, the club’s president, to his officials in Barcelona. And this is how the finalist of the French championship will not play in European competition, while half of the French elite clubs are guaranteed a presence in the European Cup next season, including Monaco and ASVEL. in the Euroleague.
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