Published on : 09/10/2022 – 14:24Modified: 09/10/2022 – 14:23
Paris (AFP) – Olympique Lyonnais are negotiating with former French coach Laurent Blanc to take the reins of the first team, we learned that in the entourage of the 1998 world champion, aiming to replace Dutchman Peter Bosz, who left after a series of bad results.
The former coach of Bordeaux (2007-2010) and Paris SG (2013-2016) spoke with OL for several days, he learned from this source the AFP participating in the negotiations, confirming the information of the sports newspaper L’Crew.
According to RMC radio, “the departure of the Dutch coach was recorded on Saturday afternoon during a meeting with the Lyon management”.
The team confirms that Bosz was “received on Saturday at the end of the afternoon by president Jean-Michel Aulas and football director Vincent Ponsot”.
AFP tried to contact the OL president to confirm Bosz’s departure, but the Lyon leader was not reached.
This decision, which, according to L’Équipe, should be made official shortly, was made on Friday when the OL were kept in check by the promotion of Toulouse on Friday in front of the home crowd (1-1) after four straight and forward defeats. in provisional 7th place in the L1 championship, with 14 points.
According to RMC, former OL player Claudio Caçapa, who was one of Bosz’s assistants, will initially take over on an interim basis.
The next OL game is scheduled for October 16 in Rennes, as part of the eleventh day of L1.
White, already mentioned in 2019
In just over a year in office, Bosz has never managed to develop the refined game promised upon his arrival, finishing in a disappointing 8th place in L1 in May 2022, with no European qualifiers, and stagnating in the middle of the leaderboard after 10 days. this season. Only draw: Europa League quarter-final last spring, lost to West Ham (0-3, 1-1).
The break seemed consumed also by his employees, the captain and striker Alexandre Lacazette had publicly questioned the tactical choices of Bosz (58) on Friday evening.
To take over the OL bench, whose capital was taken over by the American businessman John Textor, the Lyon management therefore seems to want to turn to Laurent Blanc, free from any contract after the exoneration by the Qatari club Al-Rayyan a February.
Blanc, 56, has not coached in L1 since leaving Paris SG in 2016.
The former defender of the French national team (97 appearances) had already been mentioned as Sylvinho’s successor in October 2019, before the choice of Jean-Michel Aulas fell on Rudi Garcia (2019-2021).
In just six seasons as L1 manager, three at Bordeaux and as many at Paris SG, the “President”, who has worked for Naples, Marseille, Barcelona and Manchester United, has forged an impressive record, including four French league titles, including three in the capital.
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