There will be a lot of change on the side of Lens this summer. And the big movements quickly started after the announcement of Will Still's resignation, who left to train Southampton in English championship. To succeed him, the leaders of the Blood et Or club chose to appoint Pierre Sage to the bench. The announcement is imminent.
According to information from The team Released this Friday, the former tactician of Olympique Lyonnais and the RCL reached an agreement. There are still a few points to discuss, especially on the composition of the staff of the future coach. The duration of the contract should be two or three years, added the sports media.
On paper, it is a big successful blow by the northern club. If he was disembarked in the middle of the season by John Textor on the side of Lyon, Pierre Sage nevertheless succeeded in a beautiful feat when he himself was called in reinforcement a year earlier. During the 2023-2024 season, OL was indeed in total drift in the first months of competition. In the relegation position, the team had been put to the place by Pierre Sage.
No European Cup for Lens and Sage Stone
The latter had even managed to bring his group back to an incredible and unexpected sixth place at the end of the season, synonymous with qualification for the Europa League. All without forgetting a final of the French Cup.
Note that for his second career experience at the head of a first team of Ligue 1, Pierre Sage will be able to organize the offseason as he sees fit. Unpublished for him for the start of a contract. It remains to be seen which team he will build, he who will not have a European cup to play since Lens finished eighth this season.
