After changing ownership in mid-December - Gérard Lopez, the businessman in charge since 2017 has given way to the company Callisto Sporting, owned by the investment fund Merlyn Partners - Olivier Létang, the former sports director of PSG then president of Stade Rennais was appointed CEO of LOSC.
This Thursday, the northern club recorded a first heavyweight recruit, even if it does not directly concern the field.
Sylvain Armand, 40, the former defender who has known everything in nine seasons at PSG, has been appointed sports coordinator.
“Recognized professional and emeritus figure in our championship with 517 Ligue 1 matches, Sylvain Armand will bring to LOSC his twenty years of experience at the highest level of French football, as well as managerial skills acquired in particular during his missions of sports coordinator at Stade Rennais between January 2018 and July 2020 ”, indicates the northern club in a press release.
Olivier Létang was therefore satisfied with his collaboration with the one he had appointed in Rennes in 2018.
🔴 Sylvain Armand, new sports coordinator of LOSC
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- LOSC (@losclive) January 14, 2021
Sylvain Armand, holder of a management diploma from the Center for Sports Law and Economics, will be notably responsible for "organizing the daily life of the sports sector of the professional team in consultation with the technical staff and the management of the club" .
Christophe Galtier's team, currently third in Ligue 1, is therefore strengthening in order to continue its rise.
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"It is with a lot of pride and ambition, but also a lot of humility, that I join the LOSC today, advance Armand in the press release of his new club.
I would like to thank President Olivier Létang and Christophe Galtier for the trust they place in me and express my determination to put my experience and my know-how at the service of this great and great institution of French football.
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