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Stupor at OL, Laurent Blanc lets loose on his future
Published on August 19, 2023 at 11:30 p.m.
After a checkered pre-season but also several financial problems, OL fell again this Saturday with a heavy home defeat against Montpellier (1-4). If his annoyance seemed palpable at the end of the meeting, Lyon coach Laurent Blanc gave a layer concerning a potential departure in the coming weeks.
Nothing is going well on the side of Lyons. After a first day of Ligue 1 marked by a very disappointing defeat on the lawn of Strasbourg (2-1), OL hoped to be able to count on the support of their public for the first meeting of the season at the Groupama Stadium. In a particular context where financial problems seem to be recurrent, the Lyon formation of Laurent Blanc has once again fallen.
“…If by then there is a coach in Lyon”
With another defeat against Montpellier (1-4), OL makes a nightmarish start to the season. Of course, the coach Laurent Blanc already seems threatened. Last week, the latter dropped a rather enigmatic answer as to his future at OL. “The most important thing is to be complete, I hope against Strasbourg, if by then there is a coach in Lyon”.
“Maybe we need to change coaches”
Questioned in the mixed zone after the heavy setback against Montpellier home, Laurent Blanc gave a layer of it concerning his possible departure from theOL. “Maybe we need to change coaches. Why not… If I want to leave? No, but you’re asking me what to do. I’m telling you that maybe we need to change coaches. If we say that we have a quality squad tonight, then the Montpellier squad is of very, very high quality, because they have hurt us and I think they have the players we are missing. thus declares Laurent Blanc very sarcastic at the microphone of Prime Video.