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Laurent Blanc (57), now released from Lyon, defended his poor record as best he could. The former coach boasted that he had nurtured several talents, even if the results were not forthcoming. He meant, among other things, Bradley Barcola (21), who Lyon was able to sell to PSG for 45 million at the end of August.
‘We’ve done some good things. We have developed young people. “Barcola wanted to go to Switzerland six months ago and no one knew,” the 1998 world champion recently revealed. Peter Zeidler (61) had to laugh about it. The FCSG coach, who has good connections in French football due to his past, says: “He could also have mentioned St. Gallen.”
The Espen were on the verge of signing the winger six months ago. “I can show you all the messages I wrote to him. We had a good relationship with him, but also with those in charge in Lyon, especially Bruno Cheyrou, who was responsible for looking after the young players. Bradley was already with us, it seemed clear,” Zeidler reveals. After Willem Geubbels (22), who did not get playing time in Monaco, Barcola should have been the next promising talent to get a new chance in Eastern Switzerland. The change was probably rounded.
Barcola was expected in the FCSG camp
“Everything was arranged, that’s true. He was going to accompany us during our training camp in Spain, we were ready to receive him,” continued the Espen coach. But football decided differently: Alexandre Lacazette (32) was injured. Laurent Blanc had no alternatives, so Barcola came kissing his hand. “And what happened? Bradley scored in the first game. And in the second. Then Lyon decided to keep him. As a result, it exploded. Instead of coming to St. Gallen, he signed for PSG for 45 million euros shortly afterwards,” Zeidler said.
The FCSG coach with the brilliant eye for hidden talent? Zeidler does not leave it at that: “It is true that only a few people were interested in him, but I don’t want to be arrogant, we are not the only ones who saw that he had that certain something. He is fast, talented and also very sensitive. By the way, I always kept in touch and congratulated him on his first goal.” But he did not congratulate him on his move to PSG: “He probably received a thousand messages a day, I would have been the thousand-first. But maybe I still will.”
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Source : Blick
I’m Emma Jack, a news website author at 24 News Reporters. I have been in the industry for over five years and it has been an incredible journey so far. I specialize in sports reporting and am highly knowledgeable about the latest trends and developments in this field.
