Aurélien Canot, Media365, published on Thursday September 26, 2024 at 8:06 p.m.
Two days before making his big debut with Poitiers, at home against Narbonne on Saturday during the first day of the Marmara SpikeLigue season, Earvin Ngapeth, transferred to Poitiers, the club of his heart, a few days before kick-off of this new exercise, returned Thursday evening on La Chaîne L’Equipe on this arrival which caused an earthquake in French volleyball.
French volleyball has still not recovered. However, you are not dreaming: Earvin Ngapeth, double Olympic champion with the Blues this summer during the Paris 2024 Olympics, superstar of the French team and best player in the world for a while, will perform well in the Marmara SpikeLigue this season. Two days before making his big debut with Poitiers, his favorite club, Saturday evening in Vienne against Narbonne for a first match which could be played to a sold-out crowd for the greatest pleasure of the man who will inevitably be the attraction of the season in the French championship, Ngapeth, originally from the region without having yet worn the colors of this Stade Poitevin volleyball that he loves so much, returned Thursday to the microphone of The Channel L’Equipe on this transfer which caused an earthquake within French volleyball, especially since everything had been done to ensure that the information was kept secret until the end.
Ngapeth: “The match against Tours is going to be quite special”
The opportunity in particular for the 33-year-old receiver-attacker and luxury recruit from Poitiers to put an end to the rumors that the native of Saint-Raphaël would join the 86 club (Editor’s note: The number he will wear on his jersey) a pharaonic salary. Ngapeth assures that it will be quite the opposite. But that’s not a problem for him. “It’s not just a question of money, it’s really the choice of the heart. I can’t be far from being the lowest paid player in the team, so it’s really the choice from the heart, and I am very happy like that”, admits the best player of the Paris 2024 Olympic tournament. And if the 2015 European champion with Modena, who shudders at the idea of demonstrating that he did not come in Poitiers as a tourist, does not yet know the calendar by heart, he has already noted the dates of his reunion with Tours. “The match against Tours will be special, because I started in Tours, it’s there that I signed my first professional contract and it’s the club that propelled me, so that’s for sure that the match against Tours is going to be quite special”. Ngapeth won’t have to wait very long. The first face to face between his new team and Tours (in Tours) is scheduled for October 25, during the 6th day.
