This Wednesday evening, the president of USC confirmed that the club's leaders had received the 52-year-old former third line winger, former USAP player, ex-manager of Agen, in its premises in rue Antoine-Marty the day before, as announced by L'Indépendant.
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Benoît Mestre is clear. Clear. “We received Bernard Goutta to discuss, to exchange. Obviously, nothing was done, nothing was signed. For the moment, there is not even a question of anything. Simply, we talked, I’m not going to deny it.” The president of US Carcassonne just a few hours before the derby and the Narbonne reception at Domec (Friday 7:30 p.m.) insists: “There is only one thing that interests us at this time, it is this derby. We only have that in mind. It is our only objective. The players, the group, the staff, the club are focused on this part.”
He adds: “And then we put people in place, a staff with Mehadji Tidjini and Andréi Ursache. They have our trust. They work, the team works. The rest is not the problem of the day. Let's play this derby and We’ll see.”
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Will Bernard Goutta become the new manager of USC after the Aude derby? Will he replace Jean-Marc Aué, dismissed with his forwards coach, Eric Escribano, last week for lack of convincing results? Everything will perhaps depend on the result, on USC's play more broadly in this derby.
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Bernard Goutta coached the Perpignan forwards in the Top 14 (2007-2012), managed Colomiers in Pro D2 (2012-2017), coached the Clermont-Ferrand forwards in the Top 14 (2017-2021) before managing Agen in Pro D2 (2021-2023).
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