They went for a run for about twenty minutes, no more. They made a coating. Above all, they have already kicked the ball, mid-morning and after the afternoon, which is Adil Hermach’s wish.
“These six weeks of preparation, to put what I need in position, will involve the ball as much as possible, hence the selection of playing 8 friendly matches,” explains the Nîmes coach, who says he is “listening to his players” but still warns: “If I don’t get what I need with the ball, I’ll stop it and we’ll run past!”
It was the day of the resumption, this Monday, July 8 in La Bastide, from where the Crocos will not move (there is no educational camp in the program) and where their long term will be decided. “It is at this time where a season is built ” recalls Adil Hermach. I know very few players who fail in their preparation and then play an intelligent championship. . . As in a match, there will be more complicated moments than others, the important thing is not to overload the players who will be in office on August 16 (date of the 1st National Day, editor’s note).
Among the twenty-six players brought in by the Crocos are the first four signings of the summer, left-back Mehdi Beneddine, defensive midfielder Salim Akkal and attackers Vincent Marcel and Abdelmalek Amara.
Also present were elements of the reserve team: goalkeeper Clément Masse, the flexible Jérémy Iafrate, who returns to the club after two seasons in Alès, midfielders Issam Bouaoune (Montlouis, N3), Abdallah Lemaangr – surely if he stays – and striker Selmane El Hamri. .
On the other hand, Doukansy and Mbina are not there, both with contracts until June 2026. The former’s move to Sivasspor (Turkish D1) is hampered by “payment conditions”, says director Sébastien Larcier.
The second, who had the right to two more days of rest after having played the extra time with the Gabonese team, also leaves. “He is being courted”, Sébastien Larcier does not hide. Nîmes had accepted an offer of 300,000 euros from FC Sheriff Tiraspol (Moldovan D1) for the most productive crocodile director of the last monetary year (8 goals). Offer rejected through the player. Negotiations with another foreign club are underway, but the operation is “still far” from being successful, according to technical director Croco, who is not willing to keep a detail capable of multiplying his net salary by five or six.
Thibault Giresse stayed on (he joined Usaï at Pau) and Nîmes hired a second coach. This is Stjepan Cvitkovic, 42 years old, who coached Dunkerque’s under-19 team, the club where he finished his career in 2017. This former centre-back, who has more than two hundred games in Nacional (with Pacy, USLD and Beauvais) , rubbed shoulders with Sébastien Larcier in Dijon in the early 2000s.
Another move in the squad’s strategy. The goalkeeping coach, Anthony Babikian, terminated his contract, which lasted until June 2026, to sign for Usaï in Pau (L2), where he signed a permanent contract. It is Jérémy Struffaldi, the arrival of Paradowski and who officiated with the reserve, who will update him.
These two sales, which could bring only 800,000 euros, in addition to the departures (definitive or transferred) of Ngakoutou (“He is requested but has not followed up”), Laurens, Labonne and Delpech, Sébastien Larcier wants to “free up the salary bill and thus be able to hire and have a balanced and competitive team. ”
Due to lack of funding, Nîmes saw Zakary Lamgahez escape. Appearing three times last season, the 21-year-old centre-back, tired of waiting, nevertheless signed his first professional contract at Le Mans (N). Attacking midfielder Marowane Khalid has agreed to sign his contract (one year), but “at the moment I’m blocked by the payroll,” Larcier repeats.
“Happy with the existing squad and with the mentality of the recruited players,” says the Croco sports director, aware that “you want to do well. ” He hopes to be able to arrange the arrival of a central attacker (two if Mbina leaves) and a central defender to compensate for the loss of Lamgahez.
His firm Stéphane Plaza Immobilier Aigues-Mortes as well as[. . . ]
In a new and secure apartment in the center of Nîmes, your IED S[. . . ]