It is a revenge which he does not deprive himself of, five years after being kicked out of the Blues.
Guest Thursday evening at the back-to-school conference of a real estate company in Onet-le-Château
in Aveyron, Guy Novès did not miss the opportunity to attack Bernard Laporte and Serge Simon, respectively president and vice-president of the French Rugby Federation.
A duo at the initiative of his departure in the midst of a legal storm, since the trial, where they appear with three other defendants, ended on Wednesday at the Paris court.
"I can't be happier, happier, than to see what shit they're in," said the former Stade Toulousain manager at the end of his hour and a half conference held in front of an audience of around 150 people, according to the daily Center Presse Aveyron.
The former coach of the Blues also explained that he only met Laporte three times during his last year of contract, and renamed Serge Simon "the other branque" several times.
“No impact” on player performance
“I don't believe that what is happening at the moment at the federation can impact the players.
They are in their bubble, between friends, also estimated Novès in an interview with Center Presse Aveyron.
They want to play and be the best, that's what matters to them.
It will, in my opinion, have no impact on their performance.
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Resentment is not new.
“The important thing in work is trust.
Serge Simon didn't trust me, I didn't trust him.
How then to start on a joint work?
[...] Serge Simon had the talent to direct us skillfully towards the exit", had explained Guy Novès to the Parisian-Today in France a year and a half ago on the occasion of the release of his autobiography " Heads up ".
Imprisonment required against the duo
Bernard Laporte and Serge Simon were tried alongside the businessman and owner of the Montpellier club Mohed Altrad, the dismissed general manager of the 2023 World Cup organizing committee Claude Atcher and his ex- partner Benoît Rover.
The president of the FFR appeared for illegal taking of interests, passive corruption, breach of trust, abuse of corporate assets and concealment of abuse of corporate assets.
His right arm was only prosecuted for illegal taking of interests.
The prosecutor of the national financial prosecutor's office requested firm imprisonment for the five defendants, one year in the case of Laporte, six months in the case of Simon.
He also demanded a ban on exercising any function related to rugby for two and one year respectively and accompanied it with a provisional execution to apply it even in the event of an appeal.
All of the defense lawyers pleaded for release.
Judgment was reserved for December 13.