Olympique Lyonnais formalized this Monday noon the appointment of Matthieu Louis-Jean as head of recruitment. OL also confirms the arrival of Martin Buchheit, director of performance, and Vincent Ponsot, who retains his duties as General Manager of Football.
In a press release, OL confirmed the various changes taking place in its sports organization a few weeks after the sudden departure of Jean-Michel Aulas. In accordance with his announcements, John Textor has decided to change the men, even if Vincent Ponsot, who was the strong man of JMA, finally remains in his position as general manager of football. ” Matthieu Louis-Jean is appointed Director of Recruitment. He will head a completely redesigned cell that will strengthen its use of data, video and artificial intelligence. The recruitment department will also benefit from a significant increase in its resources, whether material or human (…) Matthieu Louis-Jean will be able to count on the support of John Textor who will be personally involved in the recruitment policy of Olympique Lyonnais, alongside Laurent Blanc, who will also participate in building the best team, while respecting the values of Olympique Lyonnais. They will be supported on a daily basis by Vincent Ponsot, who retains his position as General Manager of Football and whose missions remain the same: to ensure the feasibility of operations, to facilitate them and to respond to all the challenges that arise with professionalism and the rigor that we know him “, announces Olympique Lyonnais.
Revolution underway at OL
🚨 Olympique Lyonnais is restructuring its sports organization 🔴🔵
The joint arrivals of Matthieu Louis-Jean, Director of Recruitment and Martin Buchheit, Director of Performance mark a major step in our restructuring
📰 Read the press release ⤵
— Olympique Lyonnais (@OL) June 19, 2023
Another decision, the appointment of Martin Buchheit as performance director, a position he recently held at PSG and Lille. ” We are happy and proud to welcome Matthieu Louis-Jean and Martin Buchheit to Olympique Lyonnais. Their arrival marks the first steps in our sporting project to regain our place in Europe, and keep our promises to our passionate supporters. Matthieu, Martin are the perfect profiles to achieve this, and they will put all their experience and excellence at the service of our club, our coach, his staff and our players and above all our community.” rejoices John Textor, president of Olympique Lyonnais.
