THE INTERVIEW Bernard Blaquart: "Rani Assaf sold the soul of the Olympic Nîmes"

Where will the descent to the underworld of the Olympic Nîmes stop? In the space of five seasons, the Gardoise team experienced three relegations, moving from Ligue 1 to National 2 without ever really giving the impression of being able to react. All under the guidance of its very disputed president Rani Assaf, largely responsible for the downgrading of an institution that had nevertheless managed to settle in the panorama of French professional…

Goal Gard: What did you feel when you saw the club relegated to N2? Bernard Blaquart: Things, I've felt them for a long time. Beyond the downhill, it's that we see a club completely collapse and disappear. At the limit, if there was a project behind the reconstruction that holds the road, but there, we don't see anything. When you left in 2020, the club was in Ligue 1. Five years later, it fell to N2. How to explain this descent to the underworl…