The false suspense is lifted.
Despite the title of champion of France, Christophe Galtier will no longer lead Lille.
He announced it this Tuesday in an interview with L'Équipe.
The now ex-coach of the Mastiffs confides having arrived at the end of a cycle and ensures that the coronation does not explain his desire to go to the top.
He also delivers some leads on the name of his future club.
According to him, everything will be played between Nice, Naples and Lyon.
Even if it seems quite obvious that the last quoted is mainly out of politeness.
And that his desire to settle on the Côte d'Azur next season be the strongest.
"I informed my president, Olivier Létang, after having listened to him a lot this morning
(Tuesday)
, that I was going to leave Losc," explains Galtier.
Or that I stopped with the Losc, I'm not sure what term to use.
I am quite simply convinced that I have done my time here.
That this four-year cycle is long enough for a coach.
"
A preference for Nice
To believe him, the rumors about the enormous financial difficulties which await the Losc at the turn did not weigh: “It would not have entered my reflection. Promised. My decision is not linked to the fear of the future of Losc, in view of the general situation of French football. The renewal of a workforce is linked to the economic aspect of a club, but it is also linked to the seniority of this workforce and, at some point, there must also be a change and a turnover. "
Christophe Galtier also announces that his future club should be known by the weekend and that he will meet Julien Fournier
(Editor's note: the football director of OGC Nice)
who is one of his relatives. And he specifies: “Nice will always have competition from Marseille, Lyon, Lille, Monaco. But I think that with the current structure of Nice, there is a way to compete with the clubs I just mentioned. "Words from a future eagle?
