At Zach Nani, the former Girondins de Bordeaux midfielder, Yacine Adlilooked back on the year of the sporting descent into Ligue 2, in which he participated.
“The city of Bordeaux is really great, the region is great too, you have a lot of things around that are super fun to do. But to talk about Bordeaux, despite everything… In fact, it’s like everything, it’s a succession of bad choices. Even the year we go down… If you look at the group, the names, you’ll say to yourself ‘it’s okay, not bad’, etc. But also, they had a trading policy, to bring in new players, young people… But to make a solid trading project, you already need stability. We are in a boat that is broken, it doesn’t sail, water is getting in, we are trying to empty it with buckets, but we are already starting to buy a new boat… No! First, let’s try to save ourselves, and then we’ll see how we can hope to have a new boat. For me, that was Bordeaux politics. You had real soldiers in Bordeaux, I swear. Guys who loved the club. A guy like Paul Baysse… When I saw Paul Baysse, people may say that it doesn’t look like much, but he was a real professional, a real defender. He’s not Sergio Ramos, but a real Ligue 1 defender. With guys like that, I swear, you don’t go down. So yes, you’re still thinking ‘where is the place in Bordeaux?’. The supporters want to play the elite, Europe, but at this moment, could we do it? I don’t know… When we say Paul Baysse, Nicolas De Préville, Jimmy Briand… At the time, we said that it was not the level of Bordeaux, etc… Maybe to play the Champions League at that time- there, perhaps. But it’s Bordeaux level to maintain itself. At that moment, we had to maintain ourselves. We had to realize it at that moment. It’s hard when you’re in it to admit to yourself that you’re playing for survival. But with these guys, I swear, we’re not going down.”
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