Garcia says he wanted to keep Coupet

The departure of Grégory Coupet from Olympique Lyonnais, at the end of the contract and not extended, had surprised more than one: club legend, the former goalkeeper coach got along perfectly with Anthony Lopes, n ° 1 in the Lyon cages, and seemed to be doing a good job. Asked about this a few days ago at a press conference, Coupet blamed Rudi Garcia and OL: “I was not asking for a raise, or anything. I was just asking if the adventure continued or not. No one could tell me. ” Coupet accuses Lyon of having voluntarily allowed the case to drag on to push him towards the exit without telling him clearly and implies that Rudi Garcia could be no stranger to this situation. “We didn't have hooked atoms. We had a slightly different vision of what management is, the collective side. It's like that. This is why I think that I never had a return with him and the possibility of speaking concretely of what he intended to do, if only with me, and incidentally with the whole group of coaches. . "

Garcia denies

In an interview with Le Progrès , Rudi Garcia curtly replied to the accusations of his former assistant: "I have already expressed myself, and I therefore repeat that the club and I wanted to keep Grégory Coupet. The club made him a proposal for an extension of one year, consistent with all the other staff members, whose contract will end at the end of the season. He decided to leave. ” In early June, Jean-Michel Aulas, the president of OL also denied Coupet's words. Christophe Revel, former Stade Rennais and Moroccan selection has since taken the place of Coupet in the Lyon staff.

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