Jacky Lorenzetti, this is a great day for Racing Metro?
Yes, it’s a great day. It was also a long night … I confess that I pinched myself all night, not to stay awake but to understand what was happening. The fight was so long. Four years! The fight in the sense that it did not take let go. There were a lot of competitors to enlist the one many consider the best player in the world. This morning there was much joy.
That he was complicated to get it signed?
Yes, because already there distance. New Zealanders traveling but not every day. It’s still on the other side of the world, there are twelve hour time difference, so physical and material reasons why it was not simple. Then there has been a lot of competition from Japanese, English, other French club, some of whom you know and who did not go dead hand. The big satisfaction is that he (Dan Carter) did not choose money. He chose a comprehensive solution that pleased him.
How much does it cost to hire Dan Carter?
Bah it costs nothing because it pays a lot! In merchandising. This morning, all my collaborators had bananas because, of course, when talking to a partner and is told “do you want to have a jersey that will be on the shoulders of Dan Carter? “This brand. Tonight, all of our partners have called us, they were delighted sure.
Why Dan Carter does it chooses Racing over another club?
He had already tasted the Top 14 with Perpignan. The environment of the club and both Laurent (Travers and Labit) also scored for sure. There also Ronan O’Gara (note: assistant coach of Racing), he knows very well, the French players against whom he has played, the center of life, the Arena will happen, etc. So it’s a combination of things. And he also listened to his wife who wanted, perhaps, to come to Paris. Us, we explained who we were, which was part of the term, in the long term. With us, there will be some peace, some serenity, I think it played a lot.
Can it be Jonny Wilkinson Racing?
C is a little hard for him. Dan speaks for itself. Dan is Dan! And I think, I hope, he will write us a beautiful story that Jonny was written in Toulon. For the Top 14, it will also be a great source of attraction. Obviously, I hope we will accumulate titles.
The fact that he is no longer No. 1 opening for Blacks he makes you hesitate?
Oh no! It is no longer No. 1 by circumstance because of repeated injuries. So it does not worry me, it will be in.
What is the ambition of Racing with Dan Carter?
It does not change. We are in the construction of what we want from the beginning, that is to say compete with the best and last at the highest level. When it will come, if the securities fall well, we will seize the Grail without problems.
Have you received Mourad Boudjellal phone call to congratulate you?
not. I had lots of calls so perhaps than the amount he has a small discreet password (Boudjellal). Me yesterday (Wednesday), I congratulated Laurent Marti (president of Bordeaux-Begles) for the recruitment of Ashley-Cooper. We see, contrary to what he has said, that the French Top 14 rugby and are terribly attractive. View Ashley-Cooper and Carter arrive in the space of two days it’s still a good performance for the club of France.
Despite the salary cap …
Despite, or because of the salary cap. It requires us to be very careful, be careful. Even though I was the only president of the Top 14 vote against and I have not changed my mind, it will be in the salary cap and the rule will be respected.
Think -you have other recruits?
We finished our recruiting. We will have a very stable year. We signed two contracts (note: Talès and Carter), two players who are complementary. We will keep almost all our staff, except Sexton and Lydiate, and that’s good for performance.
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An error cast, it is no longer in the top
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A stroke of genius, like Wilkinson at Toulon
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Written by Jean -François PATURAUD
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