Among the most successful coaches 23/24
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Olympique Lyon still does not come to rest. The current table of the league 1, which has caused a sensation, among other things through reports on financial problems and the cup off against a fifth division in the past few weeks, separated from his coach Pierre Sage on Tuesday.
The Frenchman took over Lyon in the last place in the table in November 2023 and took the club to 6th place from the southeast of France. This qualified for the Europa League. With a point cut of 2.18 last season, Sage was one of the six most successful coaches in the top 5 leagues.
For the 45-year-old, Lyon was the first stop as head coach in professional football. Previously, he headed the young department in Lyon and worked in different positions at amateur clubs in France. In a total of 56 games he got a point cut of 1.93 points, but in the past few weeks his team has no longer been able to earn the desired results. In addition to the cup flamage, you lost to Stade Brest (1: 2) and did not go beyond a draw against Toulouse (0: 0), as well as relegation candidate Nantes (1: 1).
Now owner John Textor pulled the ripcord and ended the cooperation with the success coach, which was still under contract until 2026. The most promising candidate for the successor seems to be the AC Miland coach Paulo Fonseca, according to the agreed media reports. Negotiations by Textor with the Portuguese had already become known in the past week.
Fonseca was only released on December 30, 2024 in Milan after only 24 games and a point cut of 1.75. Previously, he was a coach of Losc Lille, AS Rome and at Shakhtar Donetsk. The station in Ukraine was the longest and most successful of the 51-year-old with 139 games and an average of 2.37 points per game.