A little less than two months after leaving several parties to celebrate the rise in Ligue 1, the players of the Paris FC returned to the Orly training center this Thursday morning. Before the real resumption on the ground and with the ball on Monday, July 7, three days of physical and medical tests, carried out in small groups, are on the menu until Saturday. The players had a program to be observed during the month of June and had to account for a physical trainer or a physiotherapist every week.
“On what I saw, I think they respected it for almost integrality. I am very happy to find the players even if they were not all present at the same time. It will be for the real recovery on Monday, ”explains coach Stéphane Gilli who has hardly taken a vacation.
“There is work, because many things change with the climb. But we are very happy to do it because it means that we have fulfilled the goal, he continues. We exchanged a lot with management, the sports director and the shareholders to build the best possible team. So it requires a lot of work, but it’s completely normal, I was very happy to do it. It’s always good to be at home (in Nîmes)with the family, it allows you to change the frame and to get your head while working. »»
Moses Simon arrives on July 14, Kolodziejczak will extend
On this first day, 34 players were present, including the young people who signed Pro (Fatahine, El Khit, Bering, Khaldi), three young guards and the wounded (Alakouch, Colau). There was no new heads, since at the level of recruits, Nhoa Sangui (ex-Reims) will not arrive until Monday and Moses Simon (ex-Nantes) who played matches with Nigeria in June, benefited from a vacation extension, and will be there from July 14. Just like goalkeeper Obed Nkambadio who participated in the Euro Espoirs with the French team.
On the other hand, the captain of last season Timothy Kolodziejczak, just returned from Mexico, his wife’s country, was there. A sign, that even if it is not yet fully finalized, its contract extension is on track. Those of Julien Lopez and Rémy Riou, who will be the 3rd guardian, are active. Recruits are expected next week.
“Management works there, we hope that in a few days, we will have good news,” says Stéphane Gilli who will speak individually with all the players. For some, the door is open. We will indeed have to find solutions, because as it stands, the workforce is already plethoric. For example, there are four left side (blood, Smet for whom the purchase option was lifted, Ollila and Gaudin).
“We will try to be as clear as possible with them,” continues the Paris FC coach. There are players on which we no longer count too much, they know it and we will say them. There are some who are aware of it and who will go and get playing time elsewhere. I will integrate them as much as possible except that at one point, the closer the competition, the more I will be forced to rely on those on whom I will count this season. »»
Things will have to settle by the departure for the internship in Evian (Haute-Savoie) from July 19. Because with the recruits that will arrive, the Parisian staff, which is reinforced by the arrival of a physical trainer Mathieu Dubarry (ex-troyes), will not take everyone.
