A seasoned golfer for many years, Laurent Blanc will be able to return to his favorite courses. “The President” has not been the coach of Al-Ittihad for two weeks. He did not survive the disappointing start to the season for the team led by N'Golo Kanté, Houssem Aouar, Moussa Diaby and star captain Karim Benzema.
After four days of the Saudi Pro League – and only four months after the title of champion of Saudi Arabia, accompanied by a victory in the cup – Laurent Blanc left his place. The Jeddah club has appointed Portuguese coach Sergio Conceiçao.
The captain of the 98 world champions and winners of Euro 2000 should not return to service anytime soon, even if he is announced in the Stade Rennais papers! Laurent Blanc remains on an inglorious return to Ligue 1 on the OL bench. He replaced Peter Bosz in October 2022 before being fired, again, at the start of the following season (in September 2023). A new adventure within French football seems very improbable…
Laurent Blanc in place of a contested Habib Beye?
The 59-year-old technician can take advantage of Habib Beye's very perilous situation with the Rouge et Noir. The Rennais remain with three draws before the international window, against Nantes (2-2), Lens (0-0) and Le Havre (2-2), but the atmosphere is visibly deleterious in the locker room. The “Lensois camp”, namely Brice Samba and Seko Fofana, would like the departure of their current coach. More recently, as stated Foot Mercatoit was Hans Hateboer and Valentin Rongier who questioned Beye’s instructions…
Stade Rennais, 10th in Ligue 1 for the moment, resumes the French championship against AJ Auxerre on Sunday at Roazhon Park, before a second home match against OGC Nice. According to certain sources, the slightest misstep in the next two weeks could be fatal for Habib Beye. Before the surprise appointment of Laurent Blanc?
