The CEO of Stade Français Paris spoke at length to Figaro before the jump-off against Racing 92 on Friday evening.
The spectacular recovery of the club, its emotional and irrational side, the derby, the Fickou affair.
The former player, four times crowned with the Stadium, has not avoided anything.
Extract.
Whatever happens on Friday night, is the season balance already satisfactory?
It depends on the perspective you take. If it is short, when you are last when the championship is stopped in 2020 and, fourteen months later, you find yourself barragist, yes you can tell yourself that this season is satisfactory. If we take a higher perspective, the ambition of the club, its history and the pedigrees of the players, you are less surprised. That does not prevent us from being proud of what we have done. But it should only be a step in our recovery ...
It is satisfactory but not it should not be satisfied?
Exactly.
We can achieve even more beautiful things.
The culture of winning at the Stade Français is important.
I say this with a lot of modesty, because I know that we haven't won much in recent years.
But that's not why we shouldn't have ambition.
It must remain intact.
An interview to be found in full here
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