If the choice to designate him captain after the sanction of Téji Savanier divides, the MHSC midfielder shined in Lyon despite the defeat (1-0), Saturday December 4. After months inside.
He raised his arms to the sky, to apologize more than to exult in the face of his training club. Before waving them, in spite this time, in front of Mr. Stinat. Scorer before the VAR canceled his happiness, driving leader before Lyon ruined Montpellier’s efforts in added time (1-0), Jordan Ferri experienced an immense emotional lift on Saturday, during an evening where his arms were as scrutinized as his feet. The fault was the captain’s armband that Jean-Louis Gasset had entrusted to him the day after the sanction inflicted by President Laurent Nicollin on Téji Savanier. The choice divides but it seemed to free a player who has become himself again after having been his shadow in recent months.
“Beyond the frustration, we have to see the potential we have because we competed with a great team. As I said in the locker room, if we reproduce this kind of performance every weekend , in the end we will be rewarded”summarized Ferri to DAZN. He was talking about the MHSC. He might as well have been talking about himself.
Gasset: “We didn’t have much time to calculate”
At this level, the former Gone will be essential to La Paillade. Which would undoubtedly sweep under the carpet the reproaches regularly addressed to an element which has at times crystallized criticism of Hérault executives, whether they point to investment or physical state. Fine in his analyzes of the game as well as the profession, the 32-year-old man has a complete character. He did not always accept that these were expressed or relayed, preferring to oppose his silence to the local media.
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Previous staff had also criticized him, particularly regretting a part-time responsibility. Never totally enamored of a profile too far removed from the more powerful one he demanded, Michel Der Zakarian ended up cutting back on his playing time, to the point of dismissing him and making him consider leaving.
The arrival of Jean-Louis Gasset rhymed with the opportunity for a return to favor. Captain at Le Havre then against Brest in the absence of a suspended Savanier, Ferri took advantage of the confidence (re) placed in the leaders. On Saturday, his friend Téji was on the pitch but was therefore assigned to his old garden.
“The president took sanctions the day before. We were aware but we didn’t have much time to calculate. And given Jordan’s week and the fact of playing in Lyon, I thought he was the one who was going to transmit the values needed to play this match”explained Gasset.
Final decision for the armband “at the end of the transfer window”
His middle match proved him right. As it has temporarily calmed the protests from supporters with stubborn resentment since the episode of the photo with a Nîmes jersey in 2020. The clash at the start of the season with a spectator from La Mosson had also not done for popularity from the native of Cavaillon. The spat had earned him a public refocusing from the president’s brother, Olivier Nicollin, exasperated from the podium.
Ferri resisted it until he put on the armband. It is not yet his property. “Until the end of the transfer window, not knowing which players may leave us, we will give ourselves time to think, said Jean-Louis Gasset. And when we are complete to finish the season, we will make a final decision.” In the meantime, Jordan Ferri has a temporary job to fill. Full time in the field, for the good of Montpellier.
