Laurent Blanc quits as coach of Olympique Lyon after less than a year. The former defender, who will be temporarily replaced by the assistant and former director of the academy Jean-François Vulliez together with the coach of the youth team Jérémie Bréchet, had a bad start to the season…
Lyon lost 1-4 to Paris Saint-Germain before the international break and are still waiting for a win after the opening four rounds, but what is worse is that they occupy the bottom of Ligue 1 with one point.
Blanc, who replaced Peter Bosz at the beginning of October last year, led Lyon in 37 competitive games with a balance of 1.65 points per game. Under his leadership, the Olympiques finished the last season in seventh place and missed the European Cups for the second time in a row.
Olympique Lyonnais and Laurent Blanc have decided, by mutual agreement, to end their collaboration as of today.
Read the club press release
— Olympique Lyonnais (@OL) September 11, 2023
The French club will now look for a successor, according to the media Oliver Glasner, Graham Potter, Julen Lopetegui or Paulo Fonseca (LOSC Lille) are the candidates, but Gennaro Gattuso is said to be the favorite.
Until a new permanent coach is appointed, the vacancy will be filled by current assistant and former academy director Jean-François Vulliez, assisted by youth team coach and former defender Jérémie Bréchet. Sonny Anderson, currently an advisor to OL Groupe, is also available to the mentioned pair.
2023-09-11 21:11:15
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