No he won’t let go
“The results inevitably weaken Claude Puel and even more the departure of Xavier Thuilot. Puel had imposed his friend on his arrival. On the Board of Directors, he now finds himself alone with the two presidents. It is obviously a big blow for him. Puel was very close to Thuilot, the two men lived next to each other, in La Talaudière. But from there to imagine a departure from Castres, no. I do not see him resign, sit on a year and a half contract, especially not at his level of remuneration. Puel never gives up, he has already proven it in his career, in Lyon in particular where he had Aulas on his back, as well as some locker room executives. And at ASSE too, with Ruffier, whose skin he had, at all costs. The other possible departure is in the form of dismissal. But again, it is difficult to imagine. Because Puel is protected by his salary. Because the club’s cash registers are empty. And because there have already been three redundancies recorded in recent months with Printant, Wantier and Ruffier. No more amicable departure from Thuilot. This represents a cost which is already sufficiently high. ”
Laurent HESS
More since leaving Thuilot
“As much as I did not imagine a possible departure or dismissal of Claude Puel before the departure of the general manager of the Greens, I say to myself that today everything is possible. For the first time since his induction into the post of ASSE coach in 2019, Puel no longer has control over the club’s Executive Board. With the departure of Thuilot, there are only three votes left and the two presidents Romeyer and Caïazzo have clearly regained control of sporting decisions.
Nothing says that, if the results do not improve, Claude Puel will soon be subject to a vote ejecting him from the Management Board and clearly cutting back on his full powers. How will he live with such a disavowal of his project? Of course, the Castrese worked for a long time in adversity and he always knew how to hold the bar alone, against all odds, but nowhere else than in Saint-Etienne had he negotiated such an “all-powerful” status. . Going back would be hard.
Like Laurent, I don’t see him resigning and sitting down on his comfortable contract. I also do not imagine that ASSE will put itself more in danger economically by dismissing him, but, in football, you should never swear anything. The departure of Xavier Thuilot, recorded the day after the Reims match, still greatly upset my certainties. “
Alexandre CORBOZ
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