Arrived in the summer of 2023 after two full seasons spent at the Red Star, Ludovic Butelle is already leaving the Reims stadium, without having played the slightest match with the first team in Ligue 1.
At the end of the contract in a few days, the porter did not receive an extension proposal from the club of his city of birth. The Rémois lived a nightmare end of the season with a defeat in the French Cup final against PSG (3-0) and a relegation to Ligue 2 after a reverse against Metz in the barrage in the space of a few days in May.
“My journey with the Reims stadium ends,” he announced by itself on Instagram. After two years of engagement, I am leaving with what football has always taught me: humility. Rigor, passion. At 42 years old. I am still in good shape, motivated, available for new projects. In football or maybe even elsewhere. »»
“One of the guarantors of the uniqueness of the locker room”
The porter did not fail to publicly expose the conditions of the end of his Champagne adventure, not without expressing his bitterness. “The announcement? By phone in the middle of the night. We could have hoped for more consideration … But sometimes, the way says more than words. Thanks to those who trusted me. The rest remains to be written, ”he concluded.
Ludovic Butelle was however considered to be “one of the guarantors of the uniqueness of the locker room and a relay for the staff”, had thus recognized the director general Rémois Mathieu Lacour when prolonging the goalkeeper last summer, stressing “his sociability, his altruism and his experience of the high level”.
