Director of the RC Lens training center since January 2020, Éric Assadourian has been thanked.
The RC Lens experiences a real background transformation into the top. While Pierre Sage, freshly appointed principal coach until 2028, embodies the revival of the professional project, the club foundations are also in full reshuffle. And in this global overhaul, training is not spared. The past season has left scars. The combined descents of the reserve team and the U19 in Regional 1 accelerated the decisions at the top of the club.
A need to redesign within the training
A strong alarm signal, which prompted the new leaders to choose a change of radical course. The first strong movement: the end of the mission of Éric Assadourian, director of the training center since 2020. As indicated The teamAssadourian was received Thursday at La Gaillette. He was noted the club's desire to end their collaboration. A contractual discussion is now underway.
Officially, neither his skills nor his commitment are implicated. But unofficially, there is a need for rupture, rapid transformation, an electroshock. The RC Lens wants to rethink its training in the root, with the ambition to energize a sector that has become vital in a context of decrease in television income.
Olivier Bijotat also on departure
This wind of change spares no one. Olivier Bijotat also left the ship. Responsible for post-training and U17, he resigned to the new Managing Director, Benjamin Parrot. Figure respected in the middle, it would be leaving for a major club – according to several sources, Olympique de Marseille could welcome it shortly.
Other departures are not yet considered, but the signal is clear: Lens no longer wants to undergo, he wants to build. Build training in its image, in line with its sports and economic ambitions. For the moment, no name has filtered concerning the future responsible for the training center. But one thing is certain: the time is for reinvention.
