Laurent Blancformer French coach and former PSG coach, He was fired as coach of Olympique Lyonnais (OL).who he had looked after for almost a year due to poor results, will take over the team temporarily Jean-François Vulliezaccording to L’Équipe, Blanc’s assistant.
Blanc, 57 years old and a legendary French center back (World Cup winner in 1998 and European champion in 2000), has been in contention since the 4-1 home defeat to PSG on September 3 that plunged the Lyon club into the abyss. red lantern when Kuga was played for four days,
The coach, who has a contract until June 2024, also had friction with the new owner of OL, American investor John Textor – who replaced the legendary Jean-Michel Aulas – in connection with salary cuts in the name of strengthening the team and transfers.
L’Équipe reported that Vulliez, from Blanc’s technical team and former director of the OL Quarry, will have the former Brazilian player as an assistant Sonny Anderson (current advisor to the Presidency) already Jérémie BréchetU19 coach.
According to rumors, the Italian Gennaro Gattuso (formerly of Valencia) could be the final solution for OL, at least until the end of this season, in which the club – one of the most successful in France – does not play in Europe.
Signed in October 2022, Blanc barely managed to manage him for 37 games at the Rhône club (18 wins, 7 draws and 12 losses).
His return to the bench has been widely reported since he left PSG in June 2016 He has only managed Qatar’s Al-Rayyan SC for a little less than a year and a half (December 2020 to February 2022).
The former defender (former Barcelona and Inter player, among other clubs) has had a coaching career that has ranged from more to less.
He has been coaching the Girondins de Bordeaux since 2007, with whom he won the French championship in 2009. He managed France for two years (until he was sacked after losing to Spain in the quarter-finals of the 2012 European Championships); and he coached PSG in three award-winning seasons (2013-2016) with league and cup titles, helping the Parisian club rise to the European elite (three Champions League quarter-finals).