If he claims to be happy in Dijon where he accepted the post of goalkeeper coach since last summer, Grégory Coupet has bitter memories of his end of adventure with Olympique Lyonnais.
The former international, who was hoping for a contract extension from his leaders, has not received any offers.
A choice that Coupet does not dispute but the form disappointed him.
"I knew I wouldn't receive anything, but no one was able to tell me the truth to my face"
In an interview with
Le Parisien
, he once again reaffirms his disappointment at not having been able to turn the page under good conditions with his club at heart.
The attitude of OL management and in particular of Jean-Michel Aulas has, according to him, not been worthy of that of a big club.
“I knew I wouldn't get anything, but no one was able to tell me the truth to my face.
It wasn't complicated, though.
I would also have liked President Aulas to be worried about my situation and ask me what is going on.
But I didn't get a call.
No more afterwards, ”said the former Blue (34 selections).
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"Rudi, he sought entry to impose himself without dialoguing"
During the interview, Coupet also talks about his difficult relationship with Rudi Garcia who is certainly no stranger to the non-renewal of his contract.
“The relationship was not very fluid with Rudi.
I had badly lived the ousting of his predecessor Sylvinho, whom I adored.
He was rigorous, but when he arrived he tried to adapt to us.
Rudi, he sought entry to impose himself without dialogue.
One example among others, as soon as he arrived, he told me: No way the third goalkeeper is there during the eve of the match.
I replied that this number three, Anthony Racioppi, was scheduled to be number 2 and that, if he did that, he would "kill" me sportingly.
He didn't want to hear anything.
It's up to me to go and explain it to the guys.
I don't work like that.
He disappointed me, ”admitted Coupet who claims to have found“ a human meaning ”in his profession in Dijon.
“Here, the pleasure is greater than what I experienced at the end in Lyon.
I am the happiest in the world even if I suffer from sports results, ”said the manager whose team faces PSG this Saturday at the Parc des Princes.
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