Will stay, won’t stay? Bruno Cheyrou’s future at OL is more than uncertain. According to the team, he should finally give up his position as head of recruitment in favor of Mathieu Louis-Jean of OM. The latter will be the unofficial sports director of OL.
Lyon supporters have wanted his head for months but John Textor gave him a reprieve. Bruno Cheyrou is seen as the future victim of the change of era at OL. After the departure of Jean-Michel Aulas, no one, and especially not him, is safe with the Gones. It must be said that the director of recruitment from Lyon did not sufficiently balance the workforce of OL during his mandate and that his media outings did not restore his image. However, almost a week after the end of the championship, he has not yet been removed from his position. Some media even mentioning a continuation of the collaboration with the Lyon club.
Mathieu Louis-Jean, OL’s future super recruiter
However, the Team comes to shower the hopes of Cheyrou. According to information from the French sports daily, Bruno Cheyrou will be replaced in office by Mathieu Louis-Jean. The latter comes straight from OM where he had been a strong man in the recruitment cell since 2021. He should sign his contract in the coming days and obtain a position with a wider scope of action than his predecessor in the position. Louis-Jean will have the last word on the choice of players in the transfer window, all with the eyes of John Textor. This means that there will be no sporting director strictly speaking at OL.
L.O. point
– As mentioned on 05/19, Mr. Louis-Jean will become the new recruitment boss with a wider scope
– He was preferred to R.Hammache, who could collaborate with Eagle in the future
– B. Cheyrou is removed from OL’s decision-making circle@theteam https://t.co/7TJlgWymhQ— hugo (@hugoguillemet) June 7, 2023
Louis-Jean was privileged thanks to the links he has with Dougie Freedman, sports director of Crystal Palace and Textor relay in the London club. Freedman has worked with Louis-Jean at the Nottingham Forest side in the past. The current Marseille recruiter was preferred to Reda Hammache, sports director of Red Star and former Monaco scout with Luis Campos. Unfortunately for him, his arrival was conditional on that of Mathieu Bodmer who ultimately stayed in Le Havre. For his part, Bruno Cheyrou suffered a snub, he who began preparing for the summer transfer window. Nevertheless, Textor still relies on him for the Eagle Galaxy. He should occupy the position of player advocacy », being the link between the players of Eagle Football clubs and the management led by John Textor. A work quite far from the sporting destiny of OL, Lyon supporters will be able to exult.
