With only one point taken in three days, and a few days away from hosting Paris-SG in Ligue 1, Laurent Blanc is having a hard time at the head of OL. Threatened in the event of a bad result against the champions of France, the Lyonnais coach must raise the bar, while he is still deprived of several executives due to injuries (Lopes, Lovren) or suspension, and reinforcements from the transfer window are long overdue. .
The technician had said that he would give his objective for the season after the transfer market on September 2, and John Textor replied to him this Tuesday evening in a videoconference with several media: “This is not the objective. of the coach that matters to me is the objective of the organization, said the American. We want to go to the Champions League, it’s the same goal for everyone. The coach knows that we are facing a challenge but at the end of the transfer window, we will have a better team than last season. »
” Threat ? We can answer yes, as we can answer no, because all coaches are threatened, given that their future depends on the results.
On Blanc’s recent statements, the owner also gave his feelings. “I don’t appreciate the lack of unity of the leaders down to the base of the locker room. He (Laurent Blanc) says he needs players, especially for his defensive organization, and I understand that. I have a good relationship with him, I just asked him to stop his games with the media and the polemics, to moderate himself and make his work speak for him. You overplay a little in the press but a coach takes responsibility. […] It’s true that the summer has been difficult but the DNCG is not on the pitch and I think we have better players than the teams we have faced so far. We must leave the problems and we must play! The solution is in the locker room, not elsewhere. »
In view of this employee tone, without too much jargon, is Laurent Blanc really threatened in the short term, as L’Équipe wrote on Tuesday? “He knows he is threatened if he does not have results and to finish outside the European places would be a failure. The coach knows that I expect him to cultivate his talents. Besides, Laurent made this little joke on TV, about the fact that the coach had to be changed, because he knows the reality of his job. To say that he is threatened is hard enough. I have always shown patience with coaches with whom I disagree, like in Molenbeek or Botafogo. Laurent worked well last year, it takes patience and seriousness. We sometimes look for the short term and the immediate result. But he knows that the results have to improve, for us it is not acceptable to finish in the middle of the table. »
2023-08-29 20:10:44
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