Last in Ligue 1, Olympique Lyonnais is living a very turbulent international break behind the scenes.
This time, Laurent Blanc did not switch to irony. No provocation. Not one word higher than the other. For his last public outing, after the slap received against Paris Saint-Germain at Groupama Stadium on Sunday (1-4), the Olympique Lyonnais coach had a serious tone. Cropped by John Textor for his communication a week earlier, the 1998 world champion certainly experienced his final press conference in his club coaching costume.
The newspaper L’Équipe announced on Tuesday that the future of Laurent Blanc would be sealed. Landing the technician at such an early stage of the season is a risky option for John Textor, who is expected at the turn for his first major decision. The American businessman lacks experience in the world of French football, and he should not make a mistake in choosing the next coach. Eighteenth, OL are already in danger from a sporting point of view even if the photograph of the classification counts for little, at the end of the summer.
OL are starting their revolution!
So concretely, who can succeed Blanc? L’Équipe specified on Tuesday that the name of Marcelo Gallardo was unanimous within Eagle Football. Problem, the Argentinian technician is not seduced by the project. In this context, two other credible leads would have emerged in the upper echelons of the Rhone club: Thiago Motta and Will Still.
The two technicians share many similarities. Young, considered as rising stars on the coaching market and driven by an attractive game philosophy, they also have the common point of being currently under contract, respectively with Bologna and Reims. In the current state of things, OL is therefore in the most total vagueness. But Laurent Blanc is very close to the exit. And the revolution is on.
