Special envoy to Montpellier
Will leave, will not leave?
From Marseille to West Ham, via Germany and Russia, the name of Gaëtan Laborde is regularly mentioned in the gazettes under the heading "transfers" at the moment.
It must be said that the MHSC striker has had a good first part of the season, with six goals and five assists in 18 games.
Above all, the duo he forms with Andy Delort is running at full speed, even if they have not found the net nor been able to prevent the defeat of Montpellier at the Vélodrome on Wednesday, against OM (3-1), on behalf of the 18th day of Ligue 1. "Apart from the two Parisians (Neymar and Kylian Mbappé, editor's note), I think they have nothing to envy to the other attackers in the French championship", boasted Michel Der Zakarian before the meeting.
And to add, about his two players and a possible departure to the winter transfer window: “In football, everyone is subject to travel.
If money arrives on the president's table, correct amounts, it is quite possible that they can leave.
But for now they are with us and I hope they will stay with us.
(…) When you separate from your best players, of course you suffer.
It's obvious… We don't have a bench to replace players like Gaëtan and Andy. ”
Montpellier not obliged to sell
The Montpellier coach can be reassured: the club, his employer, is not obliged to sell this winter.
Obviously that doesn't mean that no one will leave, but it is already that.
“In life, we do not have to do anything, promised Laurent Nicollin Wednesday, for
Le Figaro
and
Sport24.com
.
I'm waiting to see what we will recover from the TV rights and we will see depending on the gaps that there may be, what the group or the family holding company will put.
We don't have to do anything in life!
And afterwards, it is not forbidden to have losses of X million (euros) on a company, we have the right. "
And the president of the MHSC summed up: “I have 25 professional players and they can all leave tomorrow.
It is very simple.
As the 25 can stay, as we can recruit five more players or no one, it is the life of a club on a daily basis.
But the month of January is very long and very boring! ”
Remember that the transfer market is open from January 2 to February 1 in France.
"When I have a proposal on my desk, I will be able to think"
Laurent Nicollin
Regarding the specific case of Gaëtan Laborde, whose contract runs until June 2022, President Nicollin does not want to speak of an "exit voucher" for this winter and insists that he was not requested until here.
“No one has an exit ticket and I have no proposal,” he says.
So when you don't have an offer ... It's like threading beads to threading beads.
When I have a proposal on my desk, I can think about whether or not to sell it and I will discuss with his agent.
What is certain is that he will leave one day (smile).
Will it be this winter, this summer, January 2022, I don't know!
Or he will end his career with us!
I can not tell you.
One thing is certain: I have no proposal for Gaëtan Laborde.
Now, it is only at the beginning of January ... "And to add:" I did not have a proposal for any of my players. "
Note that the son of the late “Loulou” Nicollin does not rule out the idea of recruiting either, even without leaving.
“Why not?” He slips.
In summary, if a club wants to pay Laborde or another Montpellier, it should not be counted on a club at bay ... Asked about the ex-Bordeaux 26 years before OM-MHSC, Andre Villas-Boas had it well including: "He is a player who has a high cost."
Well seen.
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