The end of the transfer window left traces in Lyon. The balance sheet is done, and the responsibilities are pointed out. A man in the shadows is today on the front line.
The cleaver fell. After a high -voltage transfers window,
marked by the constraints of the DNCG and the strong choicesThe account time has come to Olympique Lyonnais. The strategy adopted has left traces and a key man of the organization chart is found today in an ejectable seat. The sports management is pointed out, and its main architect is now asked to take responsibility.
The anger of the supporters aims
This kneading is not (yet) official, but it is popular. It is the anger of supporters who rumble and who claims the head of Matthieu Louis-Jean. The technical director is judged as the principal responsible for a transfer window deemed “amateur” and “suicidal” on social networks. The drop of water that made the vase overflow?
The sale of Georges Mikautadze in Villarreal in the very last hourswithout a caliber replacement being recruited.
The club has tried to justify its strategy. Louis-Jean explained that he had acted in “Consultation with Fonseca”, Preferring to bet on young people rather than yielding to a “panic buy”. A communication that has absolutely not convinced the fans. For them, selling your only center-forward, three days before the end of the transfer window is an unforgivable professional fault.
The arrival on loan from Martín Satriano is deemed far too light to compensate for such a departure.
OL, a club without real number 9
OL is therefore found to attack an ambitious season, with the Europa League on the program, without real confirmed number 9. An extremely risky bet that set fire to the powder. “A fiasco”, “a lack of anticipation”…
The words of the supporters are hard and directly target the one who is supposed to pilot the club's sports strategy.
Football is often a matter of confidence. And in Lyon, the confidence between the supporters and their sports leadership seems to be broken today. Matthieu Louis-Jean is no longer just judged on his future results, but on what they perceive as a major strategic error. He will have to hope, more than anyone, that the young attackers of Lyon do miracles. Because if they fail, it is not only the sports project that will be called into question, but its own place within the club.
