Ligue 1
Lyon have sacked Blanc and are immediately looking for his successor at their bench
Laurent Blanc will not end his contract with Lyon, which runs until 2024. French media report that Lyon management has decided to sack him and is already looking for a replacement on the bench.
The chronicle of a predicted footballing “death” in Lyon came to an end on Monday (September 11th) when Laurent Blanc sat on a tightrope for quite a while, working in a regime of complaining and doubting and finally giving up and falling out of it.
According to a report in the French press, the club’s management decided to remove him from the technical leadership after the team made a disastrous start to Ligue 1 (D1 – L3), which left them bottom of the table, with “Equipe “ emphasizes that his colleague Jean-François Voullier will supervise the training on Tuesday.
He will assume the duties of caretaker until management identifies the chosen one to catch the “hot potato”, with the “Liones” having a list full of candidates and at this point Gennaro Gattuso appears as the dominant candidate to take the anointing .
Source: sport 24
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