In the ranks of Olympique Lyonnais, the divide between Fabio Grosso and his group seems complete.
In the current context, Olympique Lyonnais would have avoided such a scenario. Eighteenth and last in Ligue 1 after another setback against Clermont (1-2), the Rhone club must face a deep internal crisis. This Monday, former French international Jérôme Rothen reported a rift between Fabio Grosso and his group.
“ 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, launched the RMC consultant. 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.“
Grosso’s incredible decision
The fact remains that Fabio Grosso obviously heard this information. And the OL coach would have decided to make a decision by modifying the protocol of his training session. According to information from L’Équipe, Grosso gathered his entire group this Tuesday before asking the player he considers “a mole” to reveal himself in front of his teammates. This approach by the Italian coach would have remained unanswered. Grosso then allegedly made the decision to cancel the scheduled session. “If you are tired, you can go, rest today”he would have thundered, while specifying that his network would allow him to find the identity of the player who spoke to the press.
