Despite Jorge Sampaoli and Bruno Genesio in the sights, OL leaders have decided to keep Pierre Sage as interim coach. Fabio Grosso’s successor has convinced on all levels for three weeks.
After the termination of Laurent Blanc’s contract on September 11 and the dismissal of Fabio Grosso on November 30, OL will not remove Pierre Sage from his position as interim coach, while Alexandre Lacazette and his teammates are no longer no longer the red lantern (16th before receiving Nantes on Wednesday). As indicated The Team Tuesday evening, the leaders are about to maintain the one who was the director of the Gones training center.
Sage had convinced owner John Textor when Grosso was sidelined, then his work was validated by the players and managers of the Lyon club, the new sporting director David Friio and the recruitment director Matthieu Louis-Jean. The latter two spoke with Bruno Genesio but nothing came of it. The two former OM players had also thought about Jorge Sampaoli, but without asking the Argentine strategist.
At 44, Pierre Sage comes from amateur football. Recruiter for Châteauroux at the age of 24, he was then sports director of Bourg-en-Bresse until Ligue 2, before becoming assistant at Annecy, Sedan and Lyon-La Duchère. It is with these experiences that Sage arrives at OL in 2019 to coach the youth teams. Habib Beye made him his assistant at Red Star last season, but Sage was therefore recalled to Lyon. To end up as a coach six months later!
