Nice angry with Moffi: “We’ll do all we can to sell him” | OneFootball

Maurice Cohen does not mince his words when speaking about Terem Moffi, the striker who spent last season on loan at FC Porto and is on the list of players to be sold. The French club’s new sporting director, Roger Ricort, goes even further and stresses that the club respects the player, “but does not necessarily respect the man.”

The Nigeria international returned to the club after the end of his loan spell at FC Porto, but the French side is doing everything it can to get rid of this troublesome asset. “We are applying the regulations. He has returned, we are providing him with training, he will train with the team as normal,” president Maurice Cohen began by explaining.

“However, he is on the list of players we want to leave. So he will certainly be transferred to another club at some point. We do not have players training separately, so he will train as normal, but he is on the list of players we want to leave. What is certain is that we will do everything we can to transfer him,” added the official.

The unease surrounding Terem Moffi had already been there since last season, which is why he ended up being loaned to FC Porto in January, but the situation now seems to have worsened, and not even the new sporting director, Roger Ricort, has any sympathetic words for the 27-year-old striker.

“We do not necessarily respect the man, but we have to respect the player. To me, he (Moffi) did whatever he wanted. I think he also knows that, in my opinion, he will no longer be able to play for Nice. I even think it would be a lack of respect towards our fans. But, as long as he is here, we will try to be fair to him and his agents so that he can prepare properly and so that, if he has to leave us, he is in good physical condition. We will shake hands, wish each other good luck, and it will be a disappointment,” Ricort also stressed.

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