with the club finding itself once again in financial difficulties, thierry gomez stepped down as president and was replaced by daniel masoni, son of former president angel masoni. in july 2009 daniel masoni engaged patrick rémy to replace robin as manager. rémy succeeded in taking troyes back to ligue 2, finishing third in the championnat national in 2010. however, after a disagreement with president masoni, remy quit in june 2010 and jean-marc furlan returned to manage the club. the club stayed in ligue 2 in the 2010–2011 season, finishing 16th.