What if Laurent Blanc was the future coach of Olympique Lyonnais?
It's not impossible at all.
"I'm thinking about it", admits in any case this Thursday Jean-Michel Aulas at the microphone of Europe 1. In an interview with the radio, the president of OL continues his attachment to the former coach of PSG and champion World Cup in 1998: "I had seen him for a long time in Russia for the World Cup and I felt that he might have this ability.
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But things did not happen at the time.
Juninho, sporting director of OL at that time, preferred Rudi Garcia to train the club in the capital of Gaul.
But the situation has evolved especially since Juninho is no longer there.
"He's a boy who has an incredible experience" insists the Lyon president, speaking of Blanc before ending his sentence with an enigmatic "do you ever know?
".
Impossible for the moment to know more: is it just a will or have contacts already been made between the world champion who is currently working in Qatar and the club?
The arrival of Blanc would in any case be a good way to revive an OL which is sailing in the soft underbelly of Ligue 1 in a too modest 11th place without any victory in the last five games.
Replacing Peter Bosz in the near future, it is certain that Aulas is also thinking about it: “Peter Bosz is strong, continues Aulas.
But there is no result to match.
We said
we continue until the end of February
to see what happens but in my mind, we are not going to put ourselves in danger.
We won't be stupid.
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One thing is certain, however: Jean-Michel Aulas will continue to run Lyon affairs.
He confirmed it on Europe 1: “I am 72 years old, and I am proud of it.
I don't feel like an old geezer, not at all.
I take lots of initiatives, the mechanics work, the dynamism is still there.
I will not leave without having brought a European Cup to Lyon.
Even in the storm, we make sure to find the ingredients to continue investing in the medium term and get where we need to go.
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