Asked whether negotiations had been started with the Brazilian and captain of Nice, who is returning from injury more quickly than expected, Haise gave his feelings.
“I have my idea and it is shared” he said. “I speak, as a coach, of what I have seen for six months from Dante. Before, I only saw him from a distance, I saw his matches, his quality, that he played all the time. But when you’re not there every day, you can wonder about a player who is over 40 years old. I understood very quickly why he was at this level.”
“Today, it is certain that I do not see a decline in his abilities to train, to continue, to recoverhe continued. He wants to do another year, certainly his last, I would like it to be with OGC Nice.”
Operated at the beginning of December for a lesion in the internal meniscus of his right knee, Dante replayed the final minutes of the match against Rennes (3-2) last Friday.
-“Knowing his physiology, the very healthy state of his knee, and his professionalism, I suspected that we could recover him fairly quicklyexplained Haise. I’m not too surprised by this aspect, because he worked well (…). (His return) is good news for him and the team, especially since he is in good shape.”
At the start of the season, Dante told AFP that he wanted to end his career in 2026. “motivated by the objective of playing ten years in Nice”.
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