Relegated to the hierarchy of goalkeepers AC Ajaccio in Ligue 2 since the start of the season, Matthew Michel found a way out with a great challenge to take on Valenciennes in National 1 with the objective of playing the climb. A few days after his signing in the North, the 33-year-old goalkeeper explains the reasons for this choice in an interview given to the club’s official website.
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“Why this choice? Honestly, already for the challenge and the sporting side with the objective in sight this season which is interesting. I was hungry to get another taste of the land. But not just anywhere. I still had one year of contract at Ajaccio where things were no longer necessarily going well in a particular context. I wanted to get back into something where I could bring my modest experience and find a real pleasure in playing. I liked this opportunity. I’m going down a level but it’s a club that I’ve always enjoyed playing against. There is a fervor here, Valenciennes is a club that speaks. I always played football for the show side, that’s what I was sorely missing. Here is the right context and the right project to re-flourish myself again. I have a feeling of revenge when you leave a situation like that. At 33, I’m still hungry! I know the stadium a little, I can’t wait to discover it in my new colors (…). I know my qualities, I know what I can bring to a group on a human and sporting level. We have a thankless position with responsibility. You have to convey confidence to the guys. I will give my best, as always. I can’t wait to get started. I knew Jean Louchet well in Niort, I really like him. He was my replacement, he was coming up little by little. I was super disappointed for him to learn that he was a crusader, I’ve been there too. I will be happy to compensate for his absence by giving my best. Here he is rightly appreciated, I followed his performances. I called him, it was an opportunity that I had to seize. I would enjoy meeting him again. »
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