Ligue 2: while waiting to launch its transfer window, Paris FC has resumed in a small committee

2023-06-29 18:52:22

A recovery in a small committee and with only two recruits. It was through physical and medical tests this Thursday morning in Orly that the players of Paris FC launched their L2 season which will begin on August 5 with a match against Caen, certainly relocated to Troyes. The first collective session in the field will take place on Saturday, then Stéphane Gilli’s group will leave on Wednesday July 5 for an internship in Aix-les-Bains (Savoie).

It’s a new cycle that started after a very mixed last season despite an improvement at the end (7th). Released from his year of contract, defender Jordan Lefort signed Wednesday for three years in Angers (L2) and increased to 13 the number of departures between retirements (Demarconnay), transfers (Bernauer, Guilavogui), contracts not renewed (Kanté, Hanin, Iglesias, Boutaïb), loan returns (Maçon, Sanogo, Kebbal, Chahiri, Phiri).

For this recovery, there were therefore only 21, with four goalkeepers (Filipovic, Nkambadio, Maaga, Gardiès), two new professional contracts (Oualengbe, N. Mendy), four loan returns (Demoncy, Pembelé, Diaby Fadiga, Diakité ), those who remain from last season (Koré, Gueho, Dabila, Chergui, Lasne, Lopez, Gory, Hamel, Caddy) and rookies to date (Jules Gaudin ex-Guingamp and Adama Camara, ex-Racing). Captain Cyril Mandouki is currently in the United States to compete in the Gold Cup with Martinique, author of a big performance (2-1) against El Salvador, Monday during the 1st day.

Several recruits before leaving for the internship

The workforce is bound to change in the coming days. There should be other departures and loans. Among the players returning from loans, Yohan Demoncy and Andy Pembelé will be observed during this preparation. Cheik-Oumar Diakité and Lamine Diaby-Fadiga do not necessarily fit into the club’s plans anymore.

But it is of course at the level of arrivals that things should move quickly. On the networks, the supporters are starting to get impatient. But the direction where the sports director Frédéric Hébert ensures the transition before his departure from the club, works on several files. By the time they leave for the internship, there should be several recruits. The positions targeted in priority are a right side, a central defender and two offensive players. Paris FC wants to take its time and intends to reinvest some of the money it has already earned at the start of the transfer window with the transfers of Maxime Bernauer to Dynamo Zagreb (1.8 million euros) and Morgan Guilavogui in Lens (4 million euros) who officially signed up for Lens this Thursday afternoon.

Even if it looks complicated given the competition, the PFC is thus trying to recover Ilan Kebbal, who lit up his end of the season (4 goals, 6 goals) and who will not be retained in Reims (L1). Sekou Sanogo who was loaned by Red Star Belgrade in January could also return.

At staff level, a new assistant, Alexis Beaudet (ex Le Havre, N3) arrived alongside those who were already last season, Armand Sene (assistant), Christophe Manouvrier (physical trainer) and Mickaël Boully (goalkeeping coach ).

THE PREPARATION PROGRAM;. Internship in Aix-les-Bains from July 5 to 12. Friendly matches against Grenoble (L2) on July 8 (Aix-Les-Bains), Stade Lausanne-Ouchy (D1 Switzerland) on July 13 (Lausanne), UNFP on July 19 (Orly), Châteauroux (Nat.) on July 26 ( Fournier stadium, Draveil), AC Ajaccio (L2) on July 29 (Orly).