Rabah Slimani au Leinster, Urios confirme

Par Jérémy Fahner
Rabah Slimani, qui a porté le maillot de l'équipe de France à 57 reprises, va quitter l'ASM pour rejoindre le Leinster.

C’était dans l’air du temps depuis un mois, c’est désormais certain. Rabah Slimani va rejoindre le Leinster, avec qui il devrait parapher un contrat de deux ans.

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Le joueur de Clermont (34 ans, 57 sélections avec la France) va prendre la direction de Dublin, pendant que Michael Alaatoa  fera le chemin inverse.

Slimani devait à l’origine mettre un terme à sa carrière à l’issue de cette saison. Il s’était d’ailleurs mis d’accord avec l’ASM pour basculer cet été sur un poste parmi le staff auvergnat.

L’envie de continuer à jouer, d’autant plus au sein d’un des meilleurs clubs d’Europe (malgré les trois défaites consécutives en finale de Champions Cup), a visiblement été plus forte que celle de devenir entraîneur.

« En fait, la saison dernière, Rabah (Slimani) a signé avec nous un contrat d’entraîneur », dévoile Christophe Urios, l’entraîneur clermontois, sur le site du quotidien La Montagne.

« Là, il nous a fait part de sa volonté de jouer encore, mais on ne pouvait pas s’aligner sur les deux ans que lui offre le Leinster. Voilà, il nous faut maintenant rompre ce contrat entre nous et on ne le retiendra pas. Je lui ai dit que c’était pour lui une opportunité incroyable d’aller jouer là-bas ».

L’ASM ne devrait donc pas faire de difficultés pour libérer Slimani. Mais l’officialisation de son arrivée par la franchise irlandaise n’interviendra sans doute pas avant que tous les détails ne soient réglés.

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