The choice to join Nice
Frank Haise. “The connections that I was able to have with Fabrice Bocquet whom I already knew (in Lorient), with the president Jean-Pierre Rivère, with the people from the performance unit (Laurent Besssière, Ghislain Dubois…) were fluid Florian Maurice arrived in the project and there were a lot of elements that convinced me. If I had already had the opportunity to work with Florian, there are a lot of them in football (smile). ). A very good page has turned for me. I left RC Lens calmly, it was 7 very good seasons. I had this great chance to decide on my change, it’s rare. certainly the need to challenge myself. We did our best in Lens. There were results, work, play, emotions. It allowed me to close this magnificent chapter. firstly human and sporty too.”
Florian Maurice. “Good timing? In football, we know that it is very important. I arrive with a lot of energy, the desire to do things well with people with whom I have wanted to work for a long time. We have known each other for years with President Rivère, we have crossed paths a lot in stadiums. It was not predestined 6 months ago that I signed for Nice. With the people at the club, we have a real idea of what we like and want to do on a footballing and managerial level. We know that football can be capricious but we will give ourselves the means. We are determined people.”
Sports guarantees
Franck Haise. “I remind you that when I started coaching professionally in Lens, it was in L2. Insurance, I’m not looking to have any. I don’t do this job to have guarantees otherwise I wouldn’t continue not fixed-term contracts for around thirty years now.
Florian Maurice. “Rennes and Nice are roughly the same size in terms of annual budget. I have never operated with the idea of spending for the sake of spending. You have to be on the lookout for good moves, for the right opportunity. We have a coach who has proven his ability to develop players who are a little less well-known on the scene. I am not afraid of having fewer resources. I have no fear. I adapt.”
The style of play
Frank Haise. “Criticism, everyone receives it whatever their style of play because it is linked to results. There are things in which I believe enormously. Having a protagonist team, which gives energy, which seeks to advance, which creates emotion.”
Goals
Florian Maurice. “We have to try to improve the performance of a club as a whole, not just the results. The club has been working very well for a long time. We want to continue to move forward, we know that the competition in France is increasingly We want to progress the training but also the pre-training and post-training. The club is releasing players like Louchet or Mendy but it is not yet enough. We want to put things in place very early in the ages. We have to find how to bring in the best young players in the region. We have to make them want to come to OGC Nice. The idea is to show that we are able to play them. young people to put young people. They must have a level so as not to lower the overall level of the team. It starts from very low in the organization.
Franck Haise. “The club has been in L1 for 23 years and has finished in the top 5 five times in the last nine seasons. Things are clear. We are going to work on what will allow us to meet our results targets.”
The market
Florian Maurice. “I’m not going to give you any names (smile). We’ll have to count on around 4-5 players arriving. We’ll then compensate based on potential departures.”
Franck Haise. “I am very happy with the current squad. In Nice, there is a base of high-quality players in whom I have great confidence and who are compatible with my way of playing. (With Florian), we are aligned with the depth of the squad that we want to play in Europe. We see that in a club, you have a hard core of 16-17 players, 19-20 with significant playing time. There is no need for 30 players in a group because there will be too many disappointed players, but you don’t want the squad to be too tight either to be able to perform on all three fronts.”
Jean-Pierre Rivère. “Budgetary restrictions? We have an envelope that allows us to work well. We have returned to a more virtuous circle, that suits us well. Our ambition is to remain European and perform well in the Europa League.”
Crowds at the Allianz Riviera
Florian Maurice. “It’s a challenge to take on. We want to bring supporters in on a more regular basis. By bringing them spectacle and results. If we can combine the two, there will undoubtedly be more supporters. That’s my desire anyway. We will do the best we can. It’s important for a team to feel support when things are going well and also when things are a little more complicated. These are points earned in a season. I’m counting on them, we will need them.”
Franck Haise. “Our role is important to bring people here. Not just the staff and the players because I know that there are people at the club who are working on the subject. On the pitch, we have to do the maximum.”
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