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Transferts : George Ford bientôt en Top 14 ?

Par Neil Fissler

Il y a 150 jours

George Ford (Sale Sharks) (Photo de David Rogers/Getty Images)

George Ford est le dernier international anglais en date à être annoncé en France. L’ASM Clermont aurait fait une offre pour l’attirer de l’autre côté de la Manche.

Les Sale Sharks s’étaient lancés dans des négociations avec l’ancien joueur des Leicester Tigers et de Bath. Ils semblaient partis pour prolonger son contrat jusqu’à la prochaine Coupe du Monde de Rugby.

Mais Clermont, actuellement 8^e de Top 14, cherchent un remplaçant à l’Argentin Benjamín Urdapilleta, qui prendra sa retraite et rentrera en Argentine à l’issue de la saison.

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Ford, 31 ans, se rapproche de sa 100^e sélection mais il deviendrait non-sélectionnable pour Steve Borthwick s’il décidait de rejoindre Clermont.

L’ASM, qui compte trois victoires et trois défaites en six matchs en ce début de saison, pourrait avoir de la concurrence, notamment Bordeaux. Tout dépendra de ce que fera Matthieu Jalibert.

L’UBB attend de voir ce que l’ouvreur français fera la saison prochaine.

Castres pourrait aussi tenter d’attirer Ford, tout comme le Stade Français et le Racing 92, même si le fait qu’Owen Farrell évolue sous les couleurs du Racing risque d’être un frein.

Ford a manqué la dernière tournée estivale de l’Angleterre en Nouvelle-Zélande à cause d’une blessure au tendon d’Achille. Il fait tout pour revenir pour la trêve internationale d’automne après avoir subi une déchirure à la cuisse droite lors de la défaite des Sharks contre les Saracens.

Ford n’a pas eu besoin d’être opéré et pense pouvoir être de retour pour le match de l’Angleterre contre la Nouvelle-Zélande le 2 novembre.

Cet article a été initialement publié en anglais sur RugbyPass.com et adapté en français par Idriss Chaplain.

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