Couilloud wants to “extend in Lyon for several years”

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Lyon international scrum-half Baptiste Couilloud said on Sunday “want to extend his contract with Lyon which runs until 2025 for several years“. The 25-year-old player was solicited by several clubs including Stade Français Paris.

«It is clearly a choice of the heart to stay at LOU. There is a very big part of affect in my choice. I needed to clarify my contractual situation, because it poisoned my start to the season“, recognized the international (11 selections) in an interview posted on the website of the daily newspaper Le Progrès de Lyon.

“I admit to having experienced difficulties in adapting to the new project and the game system put in place by the management. »

Baptiste Couilloud

«I had a hard time expressing myself on the pitch with this weight above my shoulders. I admit that I also experienced difficulties in adapting to the new project and the game system put in place by the management. Now it’s behind me“, he continued.

In the offseason, manager Pierre Mignoni, who left for Toulon, left his post to Xavier Garbajosa with whom he spoke. “This reassured us both about the common vision we had of the club. It was essential for our future collaboration to go well.“, added Couilloud who also “felt a strong attachment while discussingwith Olivier Ginon, majority shareholder of LOU Rugby.

«He reassured and comforted me regarding my place within the Lyon project, in the LOU family, which is very important to me.“, said Baptiste Couilloud again. Before concluding : “It’s up to me to do my best with Lyon to stay with the Blues and be selected for the World Cup».

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