SM Caen. Nicolas Seube: “The transfer window will be long”

Nicolas Seube is a modern coach. The coach of Malherbe Stadium Caen (Calvados) took into account the realities of the transfer market.

A workforce called to move

On Monday, July 1, 2024, when training resumed, he knew full well that the players present would certainly not all be there on August 31, the end date of the Mercato.

“In the economic structure where French football is, it’s complex,” he analyses. “You have to understand that the TV rights are not yet clear, the clubs are waiting for all that. You have to get used to having long transfer windows and very evolving squads.”

Between the returning loaned players (Hountondji, Bassette, Vandermersch, etc.) and the players likely to be the subject of offers (Gomis, Mendy, etc.), the Malherbe squad should experience fluctuations during the summer.

There are things that will fall into place, but it will take time. I knew periods, when I was a player, where we had almost the full squad when we resumed. We have to learn to live with it.

“Today, I can field an ultra-competitive team”

Fatalist or pragmatic, depending on your point of view, Nicolas Seube has chosen to look on the bright side of things. “Today, a group is a bit like Koh Lanta (laughs). Today, no one can really talk about what’s going to happen, because the markets are so closed. Plus, there’s the Euro. It’s complicated to see transfers between French clubs. We’re often attacked by foreign championships. It’s going to be long, as long as something isn’t unblocked, very little will move. What I told the management is that we have players, a team. If the championship started today, I could field an ultra-competitive team, that’s what drives me.”

The fans couldn’t ask for anything better.

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