“He will have marked me, that's for sure. Especially since I went to pick him up one night at the police station! ” In an interview published this Sunday, August 2 in the daily L'Equipe , Jacky Lorenzetti, President of Racing 92 since 2006, talks about the departure of his right pillar, Tongan Ben Tameifuna.
“My wife loved him,” he says. Afterwards, he was a difficult guy to deal with. You can't ask everyone to come back from vacation at the right weight and accept that they come back with 10 or 15 pounds overweight. He wanted three more years of contract, we wanted less. He wanted a raise, we didn't want it. And then, in this right pillar position, we have guys from the club like Gomes Sa, Colombe and the young Ikahehegi. If I keep Tameifuna, I kill two. Some say you take a risk. We will see."
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Soon 29 years old (he will have them on August 31), Tameifuna, in Racing for five seasons (85 Top 14 matches, 21 in the Champions Cup), however quickly bounced back since he agreed with L 'Union Bègles-Bordeaux. Also in this rich interview, Lorenzetti also mentioned the immediate future of the Parisian club - "we are banking on a loss of 5 million in the 2019-20 season. We will have to hand over money… ”- and the prospects for a possible future Club World Cup…
“We have the gear to play for the Top 14, the European Cup and maybe soon the Club World Cup. If I am in favor? It gives me an erection (laughs). Confront the Crusaders, the Highlanders… But be careful: let's organize it in an intelligent and concerted way. And, above all, let's protect our base: the Top 14. "
The staff and all the players of the club are making the necessary financial effort to help the club overcome the effects of an unprecedented crisis.
The press release https://t.co/YJJ5Gy6Ez2
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