Laurent Blanc’s smile returned, at a press conference this Friday, when he learned that the transfer window ended on September 1 at midnight, and not August 31 at midnight. “You give me back my spirits,” he quipped. While the defeats accumulate (six in a row, preparation included), the transfer window is his big fight of the moment.
When asked if he is fatalistic or combative, he blurts out: “I am very combative. Chouineur, boring, but combative. A lot of coaches who call me right now tell me to be. The next window will be in four months. I don’t put pressure, but we have determined certain things, and I try to make it happen. But the decision of the DNCG
had a very negative impact on OL recruitment. »
“I feel he is here. But if his whole mind is here, I don’t know.”
Laurent Blanc on Bradley Barcola
Blanc both confirmed that bringing in a No. 6 was a top priority, and that he had spoken to its chairman, John Textor, this week. What does the American say about the situation? “The same as me, and he regrets it even more. That OL have the means to recruit, but we are forbidden to do so. »
On the Bradley Barcola file, who is not quite himself at the start of the season, he was rather understanding: “I feel that he is here. But whether his whole mind is here, I don’t know. Put yourself in his place for two seconds. We can be impacted by these situations, and yes, he is impacted by that. But it is on the ground that he must give the answer. I talked about it again this (Friday) morning with him. »
