Juninho and Lyon, it's over soon.
Asked on the airwaves of
RMC
on November 17, the former OL star had clearly mentioned his desire to put an end to his mission as sports director at the end of the current season, his third at Groupama Stadium.
“In my head it was for three seasons, he explained in the Jérôme Rothen show, a little to everyone's surprise.
“
There is enormous mental fatigue.
I want to rest a little,
”added the former idol of the people of Lyon.
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Statements that had caused a stir internally, while the team led by Peter Bosz is not doing well on the ground.
L'Équipe
and
Le Progrès
said on Wednesday that OL would not wait until the end of the season to turn the page Juninho.
It's confirmed.
By the main interested party.
"
It's better so that the club is already preparing the next step and I also need to stop,
" said the 46-year-old Brazilian leader to
AFP
, he who played under the colors of Jean-Michel's club Aulas between 2001 and 2009 (344 matches, 100 goals), with seven French league titles and a Coupe de France at stake.
Juninho had donned the sporting director's costume in 2019. Since then, the club has never grabbed the podium in L1 (4th and 7th) and only posts a modest 12th place in the championship standings before moving to Lille on Sunday (1 p.m.), on the 18th day.