Photo Pierrick Chassine
This Monday, January 20, Issam Ben Khemis was a guest on the captain's Twitch channel
Cédric Yambéré, in the company of Nassim Ran. With them, they discussed several subjects and in particular the midfielder's career. He notably returned to his departure from Lorient, his failed arrival in Orléans and then his flight to England.
« Why this choice? When I sign my professional contract I play, I become international A. I sign one year plus two as an option. I had just completed three years just before, so I did four years in Lorient. In the middle of my matches I therefore become international. I make two selections with two inputs. I make the World Cup eliminations with the Tunisian A selection. Then everything goes quickly, you enter another world, which means you are in much greater demand. You're young so you have to know how to master all the parameters. At that time Lorient went down to Ligue 2 and we had an average season. At the time the coach was Ripoll, who was sacked. Franck Haise took over as interim, but they had brought back Bernard Casoni. I was 18-19 years old, there was Michaël Ciani, Mvuemba, etc… I met the new coach and he said to me 'Issam, I have nothing against you but I'm not going to position myself over the old ones'. We are facing relegation. I tell him there's no problem. On January 30 I had to sign for Orléans in Ligue 2 because their striker was leaving for Angers. Anthar Yahia calls me and tells me he wants me in his project. We meet up, we negotiate the contract, everything was clear. I had to sign a three-year contract there. We'll meet on January 29. He then called me on the 31st, I was preparing my things and he told me that we cannot approve my contract because there is a problem with the DNCG. So you come back to a group where you had announced your departure and you are young so people don't have time, they are trying to keep up. I continue to train with them and I finish at the end of the contract. I returned to Paris to my parents, telling myself that I would quickly find something again because of having played, because of being international. Finally, England calls me and I have a great two-year offer. »
Transcription Girondins4Ever
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Photo Pierrick Chassine
