Confirmed in his duties for next season, Laurent Blanc will have to bring Olympique Lyonnais back to the heights of Ligue 1. But the French coach already has competitors for this position in the future.
Barely installed in the office of Jean-Michel Aulas, John Textor confirmed that he retained his confidence in Laurent Blanc to lead OL in 2023-2024. What to allow the President to calmly prepare for a season during which Lyon will have to do better than in 2022-2023, which will probably not be complicated. The former coach of Bordeaux, PSG and the France team knows it, the American businessman is not one to be tender. As proof, in Brazil, the press affirms that the position of Olympique Lyonnais coach has already been dangled to a Portuguese technician, Bruno Lage, whom John Textor wants to install on the bench of Botafogo.
Botafogo and after OL?
Taken aback by the departure of Luis Castro in Saudi Arabia, the owner of Olympique Lyonnais asked Claudio Caçapa to take the first plane to Rio de Janeiro in order to ensure the interim. And Laurent Blanc’s Brazilian assistant started well since Botafogo won with his new provisional coach. But, John Textor dreams of signing Bruno Lage, free since he was dismissed by Wolverhampton on October 2, 2022. Aged 47, the one who has spent a large part of his coaching career on the side of Benfica is therefore very strongly sensed on the side of Botafogo, even to the point that Textor has already made him dangle a continuation of career in Europe.
🚨 Claudio Caçapa becomes interim coach of @Botafogo ⚽
🚀 He will bring his experience, rigor and science of football to another Eagle Football member club 👊
— Olympique Lyonnais (@OL) July 1, 2023
As the owner of Olympique Lyonnais and 44% of Crystal Palace, the American millionaire did not hesitate to present OL and the Premier League club as logical continuations to Bruno Lage if he managed to win titles with Botafogo. Bruno Andrade, Brazilian journalist, told UOL Esporte that John Textor shows his confidence in this file, and that Luis Castro, former coach of the club, spoke directly with Bruno Lage telling him all the good things he thought of this position. and the interest there would be for him to accept the offer. However, we do not know what Laurent Blanc and Claudio Caçapa think of all this.
