All that’s missing is the formalization of the Girondins de Bordeaux. But this Monday, Vladimir Petkovic was indeed laid off by his management after the new correction received in Reims (5-0) on Sunday, as revealed South West. The former coach of the Nati indicated it himself to his staff in the morning. He will leave the club with his assistant, Antonio Manicone, in the coming days.
By then, the Girondins de Bordeaux and the Swiss will have to find a financial agreement. And it looks cotton: “Legally, he will give us no gift. We are still far from an agreement for the moment but hey, it can go very quickly, ”explains a close friend of Gérard Lopez, the owner and president of Marine et Blanc. According to information from 20 minutes, Vladimir Petkovic had signed a three-year contract for an annual salary of 1.8 million euros (150,000 euros per month). His dismissal could therefore cost Bordeaux nearly 4.5 million euros.
Management wants a French-speaking coach and before Lens
In the meantime, Jaroslav Plasil (assistant and former club player) and André Monteiro (performance manager) will lead the training sessions. The management’s objective is to find a new coach by the Lens match next weekend. One of the criteria used is that the elected representative be French-speaking.
Internally, some are pushing for Rudi Garcia. Although he is often criticized, the former coach of OM and OL has the profile to carry out a commando mission and above all to stop the bleeding on the defensive level (53 goals conceded in 23 Ligue 1 games) . Laurent Battles is also a profile that interests but this Monday noon, there was no contact with the ex-coach of Estac. The name of the Portuguese, Joao Sacramento has also returned to the fore. As a reminder, the one who knew Gérard Lopez very well and his technical director, Admar Lopes, was the number 1 choice last summer but at the time, he was still under contract with AS Roma. Since then he has been free. The question about him is above all whether he is capable of carrying out a maintenance mission.