- Angers would have spent more than 7 million euros to bring in Paul Bernardoni, the goalkeeper of the France Espoirs team.
- A nice sum for the Girondins de Bordeaux, club in which the player was under contract but who had loaned him for the past two years at the Nîmes Olympique.
The transfer had been in the boxes for more than two weeks. It is now official. Angers SCO has recruited international goalkeeper Paul Bernardoni for four years, who has distinguished himself over the past two seasons on loan to Nîmes but who belonged to the Bordeaux Girondins, the club announced on Monday evening.
The amount of the transaction was not specified but, according to several media, it would exceed 7 million euros, not counting a series of bonuses including a percentage on resale. If confirmed, this amount constitutes a record for Angers and a turning point after the recent arrival of Fabrice Favetto-Bon, new deputy president, and Sébastien Larcier, sports director appointed after the dismissal of Olivier Pickeu, who was made a specialty of the resale of players recruited at low cost.
The corridors, the lawn ... @paul_bernardoni already smells the scent of Angevin sweetness!
Welcome to your home ! ⚫⚪ # Bernardoni2024 pic.twitter.com/1ljefFgk6N
He will succeed Ludovic Butelle
“We have been in discussion for quite some time […]. I really wanted to come, I'm super happy that it materialized, "said the 23-year-old doorman in a video broadcast by the club. "A great adventure begins," he rejoiced on social networks.
In Angers, Paul Bernardoni will take over from 37-year-old Ludovic Butelle, who has had goals in Angers for the past few seasons but which the club now sees more as number 2 goalkeeper. in Angers. He will find his former teammates in Nîmes Antonin Bobichon, Sada Thioub and Rachid Alioui, who had taken the road to Angers last summer.
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Paul Bernardoni made his professional debut in Troyes and also played in Clermont (2017-2018), where he was elected best goalkeeper in Ligue 2 in 2018. Regularly selected in the youth teams of the Blues, he won the Euro U19 in 2016. He was the titular goalkeeper of the France Espoirs team at Euro 2019 in Italy and expected to also play this role at the Tokyo Olympics.
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