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GABRIEL IBITOYE HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM HIS AGEN CONTRACT, CLUB PRESIDENT JEAN-FRANCOIS FONTENEAU SAID THURSDAY,. The 22-year-old is expected to sign for Top 14 rivals Montpellier as a
medical replacement for injured Springbok fly-half Handre Pollard. Ibitoye failed to shine at Agen despite arriving with an impressive reputation built at Harlequins and scoring a brace of
tries in his opening game. “He [Gabriel Ibitoye] hasn’t been involved since the start of the season. He doesn’t invest a lot. He has a Pro D2 clause which allows him to leave in the event of
a downhill at the end of the season. “He is, therefore, more in the management of his career rather than involvement with the club,” said Agen president Jean-Francois Fonteneau to
Sud-Quest. EDITORS PICKS: “Even if the player has potential, in our context and given his lack of involvement since the start of the season, I said stop,” Fonteneau said. “Having refused a
first offer for him to finish the season elsewhere (at Bayonne0, I have accepted this time that Gabriel Ibitoye join Montpellier.”