Rising value on the coaching market, Habib Beye was chosen to take charge of Olympique Lyonnais.
In the opinion of many observers, Olympique Lyonnais certainly produced its most consistent copy, in Lens, on Saturday. Despite the defeat (2-3), Les Gones offered coherent content. A service that bears the signature of Pierre Sage. Promoted to the bench as an interim after the departure of Fabio Grosso, the technician has made a good impression since he put on this new costume. Can he maintain it in the long term?
The hypothesis of seeing Pierre Sage be a long-term player cannot be ruled out. Although John Textor has established contacts with Jorge Sampaoli, Sage has the advantage of knowing the squad well, while having psychological levers to activate for a group in search of confidence. For Emmanuel Petit, another possibility is emerging: seeing Sage return to his role as Habib Beye’s deputy, after the collaboration of the two men at Red Star.
A reconstituted Beye-Sage duo?
“Sage will take over as interim and will do a good job. This is my opinion, my intuition, launched Emmanuel Petit on RMC this Monday. As I say, we are not immune to a pleasant surprise. (…) Maybe he will succeed in convincing the Lyon board to continue with him until the end of the season. As he was assistant to Habib Beye who is doing excellent work at Red Star, and he was already in the sights of Olympique Lyonnais, I say to myself, why they will not reconstitute the tandem at the end of the season ? », concluded the 1998 world champion. An idea which did not go unnoticed within the community of OL supporters.
