John Textor is fed up. Not only are OL’s results in free fall, but on top of that, he is suffering the barely veiled reprimands of his coach, Laurent Blanc. The latter said too much and was slapped on the knuckles during a press briefing earlier this week. “I just asked him to stop his games with the media and the polemics, to moderate himself and make sure that his work speaks for him. He knows he is threatened if he does not have results and to finish outside the European places would be a failure. The coach knows that I expect him to cultivate his talents.
The message was obviously heard by the main interested party, who was much more docile at a press conference, two days before the reception of PSG. “I had it in video alone with Vincent (Ponsot, general manager of football). We didn’t talk about that. I was not there at this conference. There were journalists. I can’t tell you more. We talked about the transfer window, that’s all, no communication.
When a coach does not win, he is in danger. This is our business standard. We are not winning, we are under pressure.
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