When OGC Good walked out towards Lille OSC simply earlier than the worldwide break, it was a shock to see Axel Witsel main the workforce and carrying the captain’s armband. A change in captaincy had not been introduced, however Jonathan Clauss, who had worn the armband within the wake of Dante’s retirement over the summer season, had seemingly renounced or misplaced the position.
Olivier Pantaloni revealed after the 2-1 win over Lille OSC that it was Clauss who determined to surrender the captaincy. The France worldwide, who netted the winner in Sunday’s 2-1 win over RC Strasbourg Alsace, has now defined his determination. “It wasn’t a weight on me. I’m dedicated, as I’ve to be, armband or not,” started Clauss in a combined zone interview attended by Get French Soccer Information.
“I feel it was about communication. I’ve at all times been like that, a little bit of a ache, demanding of myself and likewise of others, and the armband might have leaned on that demanding facet. I perhaps acquired on folks’s nerves,” he added.
Clauss added that there was no incident as such however that it was his “feeling” that this was maybe the case contained in the dressing room. The previous Olympique de Marseille defender has mentioned that, since Witsel, a summer season arrival, inherited the armband, “communication has been more healthy”.
| e – reporting from Good