The humiliation in Reims will have sealed his fate (5-0). Vladimir Petkovic was laid off on Monday by Bordeaux. Arrived in the summer of 2021, replacing Jean-Louis Gasset, the former Swiss coach never managed to imprint his signature in Gironde. He seemed, most of the time, to undergo the events instead of giving impetus.
In the hot seat for a few weeks already, he had obtained a reprieve in favor of a success once morest Strasbourg on January 23 (4-3). At the same time, his management had made a lot of effort during the winter transfer window (arrivals of Marcelo, Ahmedhodzic, Guilavogui, Ignatenko) to allow the club, currently 19th, to get out of the rut during the second part of the season. . The technician’s message was obviously no longer getting through to the group, including new players. Under contract until 2024, Petkovic had made it known following the match in Reims that he did not intend to resign.
To succeed him, the leaders are looking for a French-speaking coach, with a good knowledge of Ligue 1. If the Thierry Henry rumor seems hardly founded, the names of David Guion, without a club since his departure from Reims, or Lucien Favre , also available come back insistently. The latter does not seem very hot, however, to arrive at the bedside of a club in the middle of the season. Another track leads to Laurent Batlles. Replaced by Bruno Irles in Troyes at the start of winter, this apostle of an attacking game also has the advantage of having certain benchmarks in Bordeaux where he played from 1999 to 2002.
Two options are being considered by Gérard Lopez, the Bordeaux president: an arrival this week before the trip to Lens on Sunday or, at the latest, at the start of the next one in order to prepare for the reception of Monaco (February 20).
