National: "Guillaume Hoarau, I dreamed of it ten seconds", confides the president of Red Star

It's already a turning point in the season for the Red Star, 18th and last in the National (2 draws, 2 losses) this Friday night.

The duel against Concarneau (6th and undefeated) in a Bauer stadium (limited to 1,000 spectators due to Covid-19) comes at the end of a week marked by a series of internal meetings.

From Monday, the group (without the staff) had been invited to a "motivation session" led by Jeanne-Rose Tremski, the director of the professional pole.

President Patrice Haddad himself invited himself to training on Wednesday to express his feelings.

Are you disappointed with the start of the season?

PATRICE HADDAD.

No, not disappointed, because I really like the game played by the team.

There is quality, but we are sorely lacking in efficiency up front.

Precisely, according to our information, you surveyed Guillaume Hoarau, the former international center forward of PSG who has just signed with FC Sion (Switzerland) ...

It's fantasy!

Even if with Guillaume, there are two things that I like: his state of mind and the fact that he is an artist.

As with David Bellion (Editor's note: the former Bordeaux and Manchester United striker ended his career at Red Star on the evening of the comeback in Ligue 2 in 2015) at one time, I saw that he was in Paris, j I dreamed for ten seconds that he would come to accompany our project.

But he wanted to stay in Switzerland ...

"The coach knows the challenges of this year, we change dimension with the stadium project which is taking shape"

In such a case, the trainer often serves as the ideal fuse.

Have you wondered about Vincent Bordot?

I do not ask myself questions about the future of the sports project in the long term.

Now, the coach knows the challenges of this year, there is a change, we change dimension with the stadium project which is taking shape.

Yes, the athlete is the locomotive of the project, and we need to be reassured on this side as quickly as possible.

Did you give him an ultimatum in terms of matches?

No, the group just needs to win this first victory.

It will act as a click.

But, we did not have bad games ... The results are not negative, on the field, I see young people who reveal themselves as Durand, the two full-backs (Sivis and Sainte-Luce) or the striker Gomel who has just joined us.

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Regarding the reconstruction of the Bauer stadium, have you resumed contact with the Réalités group, winner of the Grand Paris metropolitan area project competition, but which the former mayor of Saint-Ouen had failed?

Me, I lived three terms, and each time, it was only movements and changes.

Today, Karim Bouamarane (Editor's note: the new mayor elected in March) is discussing with Réalités and it is normal for him to start things again.

I know he wants things to go fast and well.

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"I am not a seller"

Do you want to sell or open more capital?

In the principle of development, we had opened up capital.

But, no, I'm not a seller.

Containment has been an opportunity for many investors to move to struggling clubs, but I have never felt in this situation.

There are no losses at the Red Star, it has been managed financially for 12 years.

I have a roadmap until 2024, and as I said before, I will not leave until this roadmap is written and the Bauer Stadium is rebuilt.

How did the boss of Première Heure and president of the Red Star experience the confinement?

There are two expressions related to the virus.

The first is moral and emotional, in the sense that there has been an awareness of the way we live and work.

The second is material and economical.

In my two activities, I had to adapt.

For Première Heure, the State has generally supported us quite well.

I can't say the same for football.

The club had to fight on its own.

Especially since the Red Star has never been a club that runs on gold (smile) ...

No, we're not rolling on gold.

But what was complicated was the sequence of the two seasons… I remind you that we were 4th and in the process of moving up to Ligue 2 when the championship stopped 10 games from its end… Ok, we don't not going to ruminate, but still.

And then, this season, we made a lot of sacrifices.

We have halved the payroll, we are starting a new cycle with young people, we even have the youngest team ever under my presidency.

And that, I love it!

The state of mind is also very good.

Let them work.

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- Red Star FC ✪ (@RedStarFC) September 23, 2020

MATCH SHEET

RED STAR - CONCARNEAU,

Friday (8 p.m.), Bauer stadium in Saint-Ouen.

Referee: M. Zolota.

Red Star:

Charruau - Sivis, Karamoko, Daillet (cap.), Sainte-Luce - Koukou, Pollet, Michel - Gomel, Bizet, Durand.

Bordot.