A G that replaces another.
To succeed Christophe Galtier, Lille has bet on Jocelyn Gourvennec.
In this, Lille has perfectly mastered the art of surprising its world.
Champions of France under the nose and beard of PSG last season, the Northerners have been able to use this quality to find a successor to their former coach who left for OGC Nice.
For several weeks, many names have circulated.
There had been Laurent Blanc, Claudio Ranieri, Patrick Vieira or even David Guion.
Until Monday, it was the Italian who still held the rope.
It is finally Jocelyn Gourvennec who will be on the Lille bench.
A rather surprising decision since the name of Gourvennec had never been mentioned until now.
At 49, the former coach of Bordeaux and Guingamp finds a job after two years of waiting.
Still according to L'Équipe, Gourvennec is committed for a period of two years.
It therefore took the Lille a short week to find a new coach.
Lille will start on August 8 in Metz
It was about time since the Ligue 1 championship resumes on August 8 with a trip to Metz.
Currently in training in the Netherlands, the Mastiffs have thus found the man who will have the difficult task of defending the fourth national crown gleaned, after a ten-year wait.
Personally, Jocelyn Gourvennec will play for the first time in his coaching career in the Champions League. With Guingamp, the Breton won the Coupe de France in 2014. He also managed to qualify for the Europa League the Girondins de Bordeaux in 2017. An experience that will not be too much when discovering the biggest club competition of the Old continent.
