The fly half of Union Bordeaux-Bègles spoke about the rest of his career, his contract ends in June 2025. If he says he is happy with his situation in Gironde, he remained rather evasive .
This is inevitably one of the hot issues in the Top 14. The number 10 of the French team for the 2023 World Cup, Matthieu Jalibert, is at the end of his contract at the end of the 2024/2025 season. His club, Union Bordeaux-Bègles, obviously intends to keep its star (25 years old) in its ranks for years to come. Concerning him, there is no fire at the lake and his priority is elsewhere for the moment, according to him. “It’s not just this question (from the extension, editor’s note) bothers me, but I don’t want to concentrate on the end of the seasonhe replied on the microphone of France Bleu Gironde in the show “100% Rugby». I’m at the end of my contract in 2025, and of course there are discussions that have started with my agent and the president, but as I told both parties, I really have the head at the end of season. My main objective is to qualify the club for the top 6 and to achieve our objectives. I’m not worrying about that, there will be a time to discuss all that and make decisions.”
I have the confidence of the staff, of the president
If he is necessarily coveted by many teams in the championship, the talented opener knows that the grass is already very green at Chaban-Delmas. “I know that I am also lucky to be in a club which trusts me, a club which plays at the top of the table, where I have the confidence of the staff, of the president, and I know that we are capable to go find something, he continued. Honestly, I don’t think it’s time to think about it, for me there are other goals.” At the dawn of this 23rd day, the Gironde club ranks third in the Top 14, seven lengths behind the Toulouse runner-up. If second place therefore seems difficult to obtain, Yannick Bru’s men will have to resist to retain the right to play their play-off at home, while the points in the ranking between qualifiers are played out to the nearest unit. An end to the season which promises to be contested for Jalibert and his teammates.
