Shakeup at Olympique Lyonnais: The Changing Landscape at the Lyon Hierarchy Amidst Struggles and Departures

2023-10-23 22:25:00

It’s a mountain of departures that has been hitting Olympique Lyonnais for several months: deputy general director and general secretary Patrick Iliou was invited to leave the Gones ship, as were marketing director Sam Primaut and director financial Emmanuelle Sarrabay. Divorces by mutual agreement or sometimes gently forced, which marks the logical continuation of the installation of the American philosophy of John Textor, appointed successor to Jean-Michel Aulas at the head of the Rhone club. But this major bleeding within the Lyon hierarchy is far from over and is still actively continuing, at a time when OL are in 18th and last position in Ligue 1, seeking their first success of the season. year in the championship.

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“Olympique Lyonnais announces the appointment of Vincent Ponsot as General Director of OL Féminin, which will be effective on January 3, 2024. After 14 years serving the men’s and women’s teams, Vincent Ponsot will concentrate in his new role , to realizing Michele Kang’s vision for women’s football.it was written in the official press release, published on the OL website this Monday followingnoon. But this is not the only departure of the Lyon men’s section since according to information from The teamthe financial director, Thierry Sauvage, present at the club for many years and close to Jean-Michel Aulas, will also leave the spans of Groupama Stadium.

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A successor expected in the coming hours

And according to the indiscretions of our colleagues from The team, Vincent Ponsot’s successor has already been found by John Textor himself. The French newspaper specifies that the profile of the future football director is that “from an experienced man, from the world of football, comes from a major European club”. This new arrival within the Lyon hierarchy risks having direct repercussions on working methods during the next transfer windows. Indeed, John Textor has always seemed cautious regarding the idea of ​​working with a sports director but with this arrival in the coming days to replace Ponsot, changes are being made in Lyon.

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In any case, the dark hours that Olympique Lyonnais are going through call for renewal. And if his media outing on Sunday evening, following the setback once morest Clermont at home, caused a lot of ink to flow, president John Textor is not once morest the idea of ​​bringing new blood and new ideas within the direction. At what cost and for what results? The future will tell us but today, the Gones are unrecognizable, while new rumors report a stormy relationship between the players in the Lyon locker room and the Italian coach, Fabio Grosso, who arrived at Groupama Stadium on September 16 last following the departure of Laurent Blanc.

Pub. 10/24/2023 00:25 Updated 10/24/2023 01:20

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