The beautiful story ended last May. Coach of RC Lens since the start of 2020, Franck Haise effectively left, along with general manager Arnaud Pouille, at the end of last season. After an intense and exhausting exercise, marked in particular by the reunion with the Champions League and a seventh place in the championship, the technician decided to change projects and head towards the south of France to take charge of the OGC Nice. To the great dismay of Brice Samba who, like many among the Sang et Or, tried to retain the coach.
“I had questions, and he answered some”
“I tried, we all tried, but hey I think the damage was done, agrees the Lensois goalkeeper to the newspaper L’Équipe. The coach had surely made his decision a while ago, it’s up to him to respond. Maybe the club was no longer going in the direction it wanted. Everyone has their own reasons, we have to respect these departures, it was an important moment in everyone's life here. , who was able to notice some changes in the flow of Franck Haise's departure. “When the men on the project leave one by one, you have doubts,” he confides.
Because “there are also things that have been said about individuals, that some could not stay because we changed our minds”, recalls Brice Samba, who was able to discuss with his president Joseph Oughourlian on the subject of clumsy public statements. “I had questions, and he answered some,” says the French international (3 caps), before mentioning the arrival of Will Still, Franck Haise’s successor. “Our first exchanges were by telephone, I was at the Euro. He gave me his intentions, asked me the state of the troops after the departures of Franck and Arnaud. He was a bit in the discovery, even if, despite his young age (32 years old, editor's note), he has a certain experience, he is very frank, very honest, I appreciate it”, underlines the former Marseillais.
Brice Samba on the Blues: “I didn’t think we were in a complicated moment”
To summarize
The beautiful story ended last May. Coach of RC Lens since the start of 2020, Franck Haise effectively left, along with general manager Arnaud Pouille, at the end of last season. After an intense and exhausting exercise, the technician decided to change projects and head towards the south of France to take charge of OGC Nice. To the great dismay of Brice Samba who, like many among the Sang et Or, tried to retain the coach.
