Loïc Féry’s mea culpa

Relegated to Ligue 2, FC Lorient has had a very difficult season. On the sporting front, the club has never managed to get its head above water. Internally, disagreements have led to disagreements and even departures. For the first time since relegation, president Loïc Féry has broken his silence, and fully assumes his share of responsibility for this descent. In an interview given to the daily The Teamhe underlined the “waste” in relation to the investment in the transfer window. “We are left with a feeling of failure and waste in relation to what we had put in place, in particular the means to do better than the year before (tenth). We had the eighth budget in Ligue 1 and we devoted 60 million euros to player acquisitions over the last three transfer windows. As president and owner, I assume primary responsibility for this. In fifteen years at FC Lorient, I have never chosen the players. I validate choices and I assume responsibility for them. This would be known if all it took was to put money into a football club for it to work.”replied the president of Merlus, before mentioning the imbroglio surrounding Régis Le Bris and the decision to dismiss the general manager, Arnaud Tanguy.

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“I think it was not beneficial to the functioning of the club. I assume my responsibility. What I would not do is to eliminate the position of general manager, to put the responsibility of recruitment, in addition to the responsibility of the first team, on the coach.he said. Since then, Laurent Koscielny has joined the sports management, and Olivier Pantaloni is the new coach of the Merlus. The way to launch a new cycle for Lorient, and return to the elite next season.