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I wasn't sure about Regis - I am now, insists Poyet
Shields Gazette
|September 22, 2025
Former Sunderland boss Gus Poyet admits he had early doubts about Régis Le Bris before last season's promotion push to the Premier League.
Poyet met Le Bris during the Black Cats' preseason last summer and, with close ties to owners Kyril Louis-Dreyfus and Juan Sartori, kept a keen eye on the club's progress throughout the campaign.
Asked if he thought the Frenchman would adapt to English football so quickly, Poyet said: “No, I’m going to be honest, no. Not for two or three reasons. One, because he was alone. At a point, you know, he didn’t bring any of the French assistants, and I’ve been up there and been a foreigner, alone.
“I remember talking to the people from the club, to the owners, I said, bring him someone, please. Give him a little bit of support, someone who can go and eat even. And then they brought a coach-I don’t know from where - but they brought a coach.
This story is from the September 22, 2025 edition of Shields Gazette.
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