Manu Da Costa, the former assistant to Laurent Batlles at Saint-Etienne, is a candidate to join the Clermont Foot staff. But not a certainty. In the meantime, Emmanuel Gas is here and there, alongside the former player from Toulouse, Marseille and Sainté, named on the Clermont bench last week.
It's no secret that Laurent Batlles, the new coach of Clermont Foot, is used to working with Manu Da Costa, today in Hesperange (Luxembourg). The CF63 new coach would like to reconstitute the pair. “When we left Saint-Étienne, we promised to work together again. »
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But for the moment, nothing has been done. In any case, Emmanuel Gas, who ensured the transition to Laval (1-2) convincingly last Tuesday, is present at his side with the rest of the squad that Bichard had formed.
Meeting at BEPF
“Yes, I am close to Da Costa, but the priority at the moment is not there,” the former Stéphanois told us bluntly, visibly looking for stability in the very short term before the match in Ajaccio this Friday (20 hours).
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He and Da Costa had met during their training at the BEPF (Professional Football Coaching Certificate). A professional and friendly love at first sight which took Da Costa, ex-coach of Rouen, Quevilly or Créteil-Lusitanos to the position of assistant alongside Batlles in Sainté in June 2022. We will have to wait a little longer to find out if the duo will be reconstituted or not at the foot of the volcanoes…
Valéry Lefort
