The Montpellier coach gave an update on the club's transfer window at a press conference and admitted that the former MHSC striker was indeed a follow-up.
Will Andy Delort be Akor Adams' replacement at the head of the Montpellier attack? “He is in the list of 4 or 5 players that we targeted with the recruitment unit. We have to find a suitable player directly because he has to be ready, he has to be good and he has to not be expensive. IThere were players we called to survey, to find out if they were interested.
Sometimes there are boxes that are not filled because either the player lacks playing time and if he is physically empty, we don't have time, we only have five months to succeed. Afterwards, you have to make arrangements with the club, with him, it's complicated. But here, it's not me who makes the transactions”explained Jean-Louis Gasset.
A sought-after profile but several avenues
The Montpellier coach has set a profile for him “de player, of man. There are one, two, three. Afterwards, when I give my opinion, I tell the people responsible for the club, if we can do him, we will do him. You shouldn't just target one player. This is not possible. Because if it doesn’t happen, what do we do?”
A recruit in attack but also in other positions in the event of departure, this is the agreement that the MHSC coach has with his leaders. “I knew when I arrived, and I accepted it, that the club had to balance the finances and the athlete. We try to do the best we can, but I repeat to you from day to day, you never know what might happen on the table. What we know is that if we sell to a position, we have to find plan B using cheaper means.
-Gasset will adapt to his squad on February 3
So that the club does the right financial thing and we try not to lose out sportingly. It's a Chinese puzzle because it's everywhere in the team and in 10 more days, we can have surprises or a fantastic offer. So you have to live with that, I knew it before and I said I wouldn't talk about it, but it's not me who gives an ultimatum.”
Jean-Louis Gasset will therefore adapt to his squad on February 3. “PSince we still have ten days of uncertainty with people leaving and returning, we will have to make the most of what we have available…”
