The coach of Blois, Cédric Hengbartwas invited by our site to give his feelings regarding the descent into hell of the Girondins de Bordeaux, he who has followed the news of the Scapular Club in recent years.
“My feelings? It's complicated. Already, I am happy to be able to have Bordeaux in our group. It is a professional pride, in quotes, of a player, of a coach. It still remains a great club. Now I'm mixed about all the soap operas that are happening. It's not for me to judge today but it's true that I have a lot of questions about the way it was managed. Today this poses a lot of problems for everyone. Even with the supporters, the organization of the match is complicated. There are a lot of things that are beyond me today. I think that the Girondins de Bordeaux didn't get any privileges, but there were things… well, I don't know, it's not up to me to judge. But I find that it is not very coherent. Now, again, I'd rather have them in our group than below. This is not the problem but there are clubs which were sanctioned much more harshly even though there was perhaps less debt.”
But what exactly are the things he thinks about?
“Going from a budget of one million euros to eight million euros when there are I don't know how many debts… Once again I'm asking myself questions, I don't have the answers. Today, with the budget I have, I cannot recruit a single player after the July-August period whereas Bordeaux, I have the impression that they recruit every week. So I ask myself a lot of questions. That is to say, we are not at all in the same league. I recruited in July, I have 19 players in my group, including three or four young people from the club who are coming up from R1. I can't recruit while they, as soon as things don't go well, they can recruit. So we're not in the same league at all. I can no longer change my squad until the end of the season. If I messed up, too bad. Today I have the impression that Bordeaux, they can make a mistake three times, it doesn't matter because they will recruit again and again. Again, it's not for me to judge. I'm just wondering about sports ethics. As was the case last year in our group, where they made a mistake in their recruitment in July-August, then in October they changed the entire team. It’s definitely easier. By doing that, you can be wrong three times, it's certain that with money it solves a lot of things. Now, once again, I differentiate between the people who are for the club and the people who have worked for the club for so many years for the identity of the club, from the people who got into it and who made it flow. the club for several years. I differentiate everything and I am happy that the Bordeaux club is in our group. I was a Bordeaux fan when I was young. But for ethics and equality, I must have struggled. I insist, once again, there are people who are competent and who judged that it was possible, so so much the better.”
InterviewG4E. Cédric Hengbart: “I was a Bordeaux fan when I was young. But for ethics and equality, I must have struggled”
