Eric Roy Wants Guarantees Before Staying at Brest
eric roy is putting Brest’s future on hold until the club gives him conditions he can trust. He says he wants to stay, but only if the project can keep its ambition and remain sustainable after a season that ended with Champions League barrages against PSG.
Roy and Brest Project
“Ma volonté est d’être là, mais en tous les cas je veux être là dans des conditions qui permettent d’assurer la pérennité du club,” Roy said at the end of the season. He added: “Si le projet sportif c’est de vendre nos meilleurs joueurs et d’encore bricoler, ça devient compliqué.”
That position lands at a delicate moment for Brest. Roy’s contract was extended until 2027 last year, yet he is now asking for more than a long deal on paper. He wants signs that the club can do more than patch the squad together if its best players are sold.
His words came after Brest completed a memorable run that ended in the Champions League barrages against PSG. Roy had already turned the club around once: brought back in winter 2023 after 12 years without managing, he first kept Brest in the league and then took them into the Champions League 18 months later.
Lorenzi Leaves Brest
The uncertainty is not limited to the bench. Grégory Lorenzi left his role as sporting director for Marseille after 10 years in the job, and no one had replaced him at the time of the article. Denis Le Saint said on 31 May that he wanted to take his time before choosing a successor, saying: “On a le droit d’être différentes, inventifs, créatifs”.
Brest’s transfer record from last summer shows the scale of the challenge. The club spent 6 M€ on transfers and recorded 30 M€ in sales, while Daouda Guindo refused Brest’s offer and joined Reims instead. That leaves Roy asking for proof that the next phase will not rely on the same tight model that carried Brest this far.
Arkea Park and 2028
The wider project also still leans on a stadium plan that has not been delivered yet. Arkea Park is planned as a 15,000-seat venue, with delivery still scheduled for 2028.
Training was due to resume on 2 July, and Brest now faces a basic test before that date: whether it can show Roy that the club’s next step matches the ambition of the last 18 months. Without that, the coach who revived Brest is signaling that staying in 2027 is not automatic.
