Since the end of the 2023-2024 financial year, it is the coaches and their future who have driven the mercantile news. Their waltz, this Monday, July 1, concluded.
It’s been a month since coaches have ruled the roost, taking their place on the front pages of the continent’s biggest newspapers. Besides José Mourinho at Fenerbahçe in Turkey, Vincent Kompany at Bayern Munich and Arne Slot at Liverpool, France is a land on the move. In recent weeks, many changes have been recorded on the benches in France, starting with LOSC where Paulo Fonseca, who has since left for AC Milan, has made way for Bruno Genesio (57 years old). This upheaval is not the only one made in Ligue 1, nor in the North where Franck Haisewho left for OGC Nice to compensate for the departure of Francesco Farioli (Ajax Amsterdam), has been replaced by Will Still. Formerly from Le Havre, it is Luka Elsner who succeeds him at the Stade de Reims, where he is also accompanied by Adrien Tarascon. In Normandy, former Lille player Mathieu Bodmer recently placed his trust in Didier Digardwho will truly discover the role of coach after having plugged the holes in the Aiglons during certain failures. Finally, one of the sensations of the month of June, Roberto De Zerbi took the reins at Olympique de Marseille. The Marseille team, with Marcelino, Gennaro Gattuso and Jean-Louis Gasset, was a wringer of technicians last season.
In all this turmoil, other groups have chosen stability. This is obviously the case of the three promoted, Angers with Alexandre DujeuxAJ Auxerre with Christophe Pelissier and AS Saint-Étienne with Olivier Dall’Oglio. In addition to these three teams, those having obtained good results during the past season wish to continue their momentum. Third a few months ago, Stade Brestois retains Eric Royjust like RC Strasbourg and Patrick VieiraMontpellier and Michel The ZakarianToulouse FC and Carlos Martinez NovellAS Monaco and Adi Hütter or even Paris Saint-Germain with Luis Enrique. Finally, others arrived during the exercise (Wise Stone à l’OL, Julien Stephan at Stade Rennais, Antoine Kombouare at FC Nantes) and will continue the metamorphosis of their group in the coming year.
2024-25 season: Coaches in Ligue 1
- Angers SCO : Alexandre Dujeux
- AJ Auxerre: Christophe Pelissier
- Stade Brestois 29: Éric Roy
- Olympique Lyonnais: Pierre Sage
- AS Monaco : Adi Hütter
- Montpellier Hérault SC: Michel The Zakarian
- FC Nantes : Antoine Kombouare
- Paris Saint Germain : Luis Enrique
- Stade Rennais FC: Julien Stéphan
- AS Saint-Etienne: Olivier Dall’Oglio
- RC Strasbourg Alsace : Patrick Vieira
- Toulouse FC : Carlos Martinez Novell
- RC Lens : Will Still
- LOSC: Bruno Génesio
- OGC Nice : Franck Haise
- Reims Stadium: Luka Elsner
- Havre AC : Didier Digard
- TO: Roberto DeZerbi
