Paul Rouget, Media365: published on Monday, September 12, 2022 at 6:43 p.m.
Versailles, which plays the leading roles in National, should be able to play in its stadium, with adequate lighting, from next season. And the promoted is about to make a new big move on the transfer market, with the arrival of Fabien Lemoine.
An ideal start. By winning 2-0 Friday night against Dunkirk, Versailles signed a third success in a row at home, and took the lead in the National standings after five days. And if this almost perfect start, apart from a defeat at Puy-en-Velay and a draw at Orléans, does not bode well for the outcome of this season for the ambitious promoted, it nevertheless reassures on the potential of this club, which did not go up to the third rung to do extra work there.
With a budget of 6 million euros, the semi-finalist of the last Coupe de France saw a Dutch international land this summer, since Jeremain Lens (34) has indeed signed up with the Yvelines team. A flashy name accompanied by experienced players, experienced in the games of the third division. But a new element with a name well known to football fans is preparing to imitate Lens, which has only played around twenty minutes since the start of the season. Fabien Lemoine must indeed initial his contract in the next few hoursreports West France.
A stadium not approved for Ligue 2
Without a club since the end of his contract with Lorient in June, the 35-year-old midfielder, trained in Rennes and also passed through Saint-Etienne, confided in the regional daily about his future a few days ago. “I haven’t mourned the end of my career, I’m hanging on, he confessed. I am open to all Ligue 1, Ligue 2, or National projects with a goal of climbing. I’m looking for a club with infrastructure, a stadium, an atmosphere, I want to make the most of it, experience emotions one last time.”
Regarding the stadium, he will discover the Jean-Bouin stadium, opposite the Parc des Princes, home of the rugby players of the Stade Français. A temporary solution, while waiting for FC Versailles to have its Montbauron stadium, which does not yet have regulatory lighting … due to its proximity to the Palace of Versailles, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Because no pylon must exceed within a radius of five kilometers. But according to The Parisianan agreement has been reached with the architects of the Buildings of France, and pylons could well be installed at the stadium. Except that they will be 18m high and not 24m, as is the standard in Ligue 2. But the Versaillese are not there yet.
