He had come to Qatar to relaunch a career stopped for four and a half years. Laurent Blanc was dismissed this Sunday from his position as coach of Al-Rayyan, which he had held since December 2020. The former coach of the France team (2010-2012) then coach of PSG (2013-2016 ) will be replaced by the Chilean Nicolas Cordova simply indicated the disappointing ninth in the local Championship (out of 12 teams) which includes in its ranks the French world champion Steven Nzonzi, the Colombian James Rodriguez or the Algerian Yacine Brahimi.
Sporting results have not matched the recruitment of these foreign stars, leading supporters of this popular team in the wealthy Gulf emirate to call for the resignation of the 56-year-old coach, who started his career on the bench in Bordeaux, from 2007 to 2010.
A rebound in Lyon?
It was a first experience abroad for the “President”, world champion in 1998 and European champion in 2000 with the France team. It remains to be seen where White will be able to bounce back. Perhaps in Lyon since Jean-Michel Aulas recently confided that he appreciated his profile, if he had to dismiss Peter Bosz…