Ligue 2 champion in the spring, Lorient will find Ligue 1 at the start of the school year, just a year after leaving it. But at the time of the recovery, the Breton club has not yet signed any recruit, which worries its trainer, Olivier Pants. According to him, the Merlus are delayed on the preparation as long as they have definitively lost Eli Junior Kroupi, the top scorer of L2 last year, returned to Bournemouth. The fault of a certain economic uncertainty linked to the income of TV rights but which is also valid for the other teams of the championship. The Corsican technician spoke in the columns of Ouest-France This Friday.
«We are still quite worried, because we need reinforcements. That's sure. The preparation is quite long, and many clubs are in the same situation as ourshe admits. When you are a coach, it is true that we would like to have its full workforce as quickly as possible, to best prepare for the season. But the current situation means that it may be a little more complicated. We will have to be patient, and work a lot so as not to be mistaken in terms of recruitment. Impatience can lead us to precipitation. Precipitation can lead us to make mistakes. This is above all what should not do.»
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