In Malherbe, Yohan Eudeline is definitely leaving, Reda Hammache arrives to succeed him

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Reda Hammache, here, alongside Bruno Baltazar, the new SMC coach whose arrival he is behind, attended the qualification of the U18s for the 1/16 finals of the Gambardella. ©Damien Deslandes

In Malherbe, Olivier Pickeu's rather controversial era is about to be definitively turned around. One of his last lieutenants is about to leave. It should, however, be remembered that he returned to Normandy before the appointment of the former president of the SMC. After long months of questioning about his future, Yohan Eudeline will leave the Caen club. Sidelined since the takeover this summer by Kylian Mbappé, the future ex-sports director of the “Rouge et Bleu” has reached a financial agreement with “his” leaders to terminate his contract. For several weeks, he had officially been on sick leave. His last “public” appearance on behalf of Stade Malherbe dates back to the official photo of this 2024-2025 exercise where, to everyone's surprise, he takes his place alongside President Ziad Hammoud. At the time, each party, the employer and the employee, did not wish to blame the other with a view to future negotiations.

Coincidence of the calendar, or perhaps not, at the time when Yohan Eudeline is preparing to pack his bags, his successor will take office. If he will not bear, at least initially the same title although his prerogatives are similar with the former attacking midfielder of SMC in the 2000s, Reda Hammache will be inducted responsible for the recruitment of the “Rouge et Bleu”. Anything but a surprise as his name had been circulating for weeks to occupy this position. Moreover, he did not wait for the upcoming officialization to get to work, particularly regarding the winter transfer window. It is persistently rumored that he played an active role in the arrival of Portuguese coach Bruno Baltazar and in the recruitment of Gabonese defender Alex Moussounda. This weekend, the future boss of the sportsman of the Caen club attended the matches of the first team, against Grenoble (1-0 defeat), of the reserve in N3, in Oissel (3-2 victory), and of the Gambardella, qualification at the expense of Lens (2-1).

With Reda Hammache, it is a new close friend of the Mbappé family and in particular of Fayza Lamari, Kylian's mother, who arrives in Normandy. As a reminder, it was he who was behind the arrival of the captain of the Blues in Monaco, in 2013, when he worked there as a recruiter. Since then, the new head of recruitment of the SMC has acquired a solid reputation in the world of football through his experiences as sports director at Nîmes (December 2019 – February 2022) then at Red Star where he was stationed until his resignation in December. Clubs the size of Stade Malherbe.