“We sold more jerseys in two days than in two years”: at the heart of the “tsunami” Ngapeth in Poitiers

The explanation lies in one name: Earvin Ngapeth. The 33-year-old French international, double Olympic volleyball champion and above all “child of the country”, announced, to everyone’s surprise, on Thursday September 19, his arrival at the club for a season (with the possibility of leaving during the winter break). end of the year). The secret had been well kept. The number 9 of the Blues had not even spoken to his childhood friends about it. The latter, who were with him during the week, learned the news like everyone else on social networks. They have since nicknamed Ngapeth “thunderclap” in reference to the explosion caused by the announcement.