It’s called shaking the coconut tree! And not just a little. This is what Admar Lopes, the technical director of Girondins de Bordeaux. The big boss of the sportsman has decided to strike his fist on the table while the club does not stop sinking (17th in Ligue 1 with three wins in 20 games) and has just suffered a historic defeat against OM ( 0-1). And that spares no one, not even the team captain and former French international,
Laurent Koscielny.
The defender is now pushed towards the exit. If he was not sidelined, Laurent Koscielny has started negotiations with the club in recent hours to find an amicable agreement. At the moment T, he is still training with the professional group: “We will see from day to day and in particular how the negotiations are going”, affirms a person close to the file. He could even still wear the Girondins jersey next Sunday (1 p.m.) in Rennes. However, this will no longer be the case after January 31 and the end of the transfer window. Today there are several scenarios on the table: he finds an amicable agreement with the club and terminates his contract, he accepts his reconversion within the club with six months in advance, or he leaves the Girondins for a other club. At 36, he will not complete his contract. Behind this negotiation, there is also the will of the management to part with the biggest salary of the club.
Winter sales
This Tuesday, the only two players excluded from the pro group remain Paul Baysse and Medhi Zerkane. For the first, it is a problem of confidentiality which would be at the origin of its setting aside. The defender, who had just returned from a rupture of the cruciate ligaments, simply indicated on his account Twitter: “When you want to kill your dog, you say he has rabies.” Atmosphere. For the second, it is a lack of professionalism that the club accuses him of and in particular the fact of having quite simply refused to play in the Coupe de France despite two negative tests for Covid-19 while the club was affected by several positive cases. , precise
The Team.
Other players are also invited to find a way out: Samuel Kalu, Josh Maja and Otavio. All three are no longer part of the project of the new management and are pushed out. According to information from 20 minutes, the first should quickly leave the club. The Girondins de Bordeaux and Watford are very close to an agreement. The Nigerian striker could join the current 17th in the Premier League for the sum of 3 or 4 million euros.
Petkovic has run out of cartridges
In this large garage sale, where is Vladimir Petkovic, the trainer of the Navy and White? While his female colleague, Patrice Lair, was thanked this Tuesday according to South West, can he also take the door? For now, he retains the support of his management. But this one is less and less strong. While a few weeks ago Gérard Lopez, himself, said that the question of his replacement did not arise, the situation has changed a little. Today, the former Switzerland coach is clearly under pressure. His position may very quickly become untenable in the event of further poor results in Rennes on Sunday and especially against Strasbourg and Reims.