In great difficulty since his arrival on the bench of Olympique Lyonnais, Fabio Grosso is very weakened.
A worrying final place, insufficient content and management that has been singled out: Fabio Grosso began his mission on the OL bench in the worst possible way. Appointed to succeed Laurent Blanc more than a month ago, the Italian technician seems to be paying for his lack of experience. Above all, his rather brutal group management would be a source of conflict in the OL locker room.
At the start of the week, it was Jérôme Rothen who did not hesitate to drop a little bombshell about the current atmosphere in the Lyon ranks. “ I tried to get people from the locker room, and I got them. I’m not going to say the names of course, because that could put them in difficulty, but Fabio Grosso is already in the hot seat. There is hardly a player left who can see it. There are experienced and very experienced players who even told me that he was perhaps one of the worst coaches they had. He alienated everyone. He tried to reframe some“.
“ Everyone talked about Cherki, but it’s not just Cherki. Rayan Cherki takes a lot from Fabio Grosso, more than the others, which is astonishing, Rothen continued. But it shows in his actions, because he puts him on the bench, punishes him. Sunday he punished him again, but he wasn’t the only one. During the break, the players who did not go to the national team did two sessions a day with heavy physical work without the ball and interval training. The guys were rinsed before playing Clermont.“
The OL locker room completely fractured!
In this context, can Fabio Grosso really leave OL in the short term? The scenario seems difficult to imagine. Already because John Textor, who also seems to be sailing by sight, would find himself short of solutions to appoint a 3rd coach in 3 months this season. But also because, according to Daniel Riolo, not all the players in the squad would be reluctant to the Grosso method.
Without disagreeing with Jérôme Rothen’s version, the RMC journalist qualified the consultant’s remarks by affirming that certain executives would be in phase with the rather brutal rigor imposed by Grosso since his arrival, unlike others. elements. In other words: the OL locker room would be completely fractured. “ I don’t understand Grosso’s management of the entire squad. It’s up to him to transform now, we have to tighten the group. Textor’s communication is disconnected from what Grosso must do, it is Grosso who must save the club“, concluded Vikash Dhorasoo, former member of the house.
