Before starting the season, Sunday evening in Strasbourg, the team trained by Laurent Blanc is not spared from the annoyances.
We are far from a positive start to the season at Olympique Lyonnais. More worrying than the defeats conceded during the preparation matches, the management of the workforce is not without upsetting Laurent Blanc.
The OL coach has to deal with the injuries of Dejan Lovren (hit in the left thigh on July 14) and Anthony Lopes.
The goalkeeper of Les Gones should miss the whole month of August, victim of a facial shock against Crystal Palace last Saturday, said Blanc, Friday at a press conference.
OL must also digest the departure of the young French central defender, Castello Lukeba (20 years old), in Leipzig. And striker Bradley Barcola could imitate him.
” I read that Bradley asked to leave, know that as far as I am concerned, Bradley Barcola did not ask to leave. I hope we will have other players by August 31 “, replied Laurent Blanc, quoted by OLweb.fr
“It’s hard for everyone”
The 1998 world champion and ex-coach of the Blues and PSG in particular recalled the constraints that his club is subject to. The National Directorate of Control and Management (DNCG) ordered the supervision of the wage bill and transfer allowances (transfers).
” We have little margin and we cannot do what we had planned to do. These decisions are regrettable because it made us waste a lot of time, it’s difficult for everyone “, regretted Laurent Blanc.
