Ligue 2 – Red Star formalizes a new football director who worked at Real Madrid and the Blues

It's not just the players' side that the winter transfer window is in full swing. Behind the scenes, the clubs Ligue 2 are also active and are taking advantage of the month of January to review their sports organization. On the side of Red Star in particular, since after the announcement of the departure of Reda Hammache to SM Caen, the Audonian team has just formalized the arrival of a new football director.

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At 52 years old, Gregory Dupont will settle down at the Ile-de-France club after having had some notable experiences in the world of football. Physical trainer within the Real Madrid of Zidane (2019-2021) orFrench team, world champion in 2018Dupont explains to our colleagues from Le Parisien that he refused certain proposals coming from Ligue 1 to discover new functions with the current 13th in L2.

The president of Red Star, Patrice Haddadlooks back on the appointment of the man who was also head of the sports science department at Celtic Glasgow, and says a little more about the role that awaits him: “ Few people among us have this high-level experience. So we went looking for someone knowledgeable (sic) who will save us time. He will be in the analysis, the support of the staff who are requesting and the setting up of the training center which we want to make very strong. Our center must become Red Star's war chest for the next ten years. »