Jean-François Vulliez during OL – Le Havre (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP)
Former director of the Academy then assistant last season, Jean-François Vulliez has bounced back in Denmark since October. The French technician regrets the end of his adventure at OL.
In the space of four months, he had experienced almost everything last season. Director of the Academy for six years, Jean-François I wanted had wanted to get closer to the field. Supposed to take charge of the OL U17s at the start of the 2023 school year, he finally received a promotion as assistant to Laurent Blanc following Claudio's departure Pocket has Botafogo Then Molenbeek. In the process, he acted as interim coach in September 2023 to ensure the transition between Blanc and Fabio Grosso.
The arrival of the Italian coach has little by little I wanted on the sidelines. To the point of completely disappearing from the landscape at the time of the appointment of Pierre Sage. “The end was painful for me. When Fabio Grosso arrived, with the restructuring of the staff, I was pushed aside. It was the beginning of the end. I had a history with Jean-Michel Aulas , Vincent Ponsot, but not with the new governance, recognized the trainer in the columns of Le Progrès. It was difficult from January until I left this summer, I was working on my BEPF diploma at home.”
“I will never say bad things about OL, who have given me so much”
Holder of the precious sesame at the end of the season and at the end of his contract with OL, Jean-François I wanted turned the page. After more than a decade in the capital of Gaul, he has been in exile in Denmark since October. Happy to have seen several players leave the training center, the current assistant toAC Horsens (D2) ultimately experienced this separation as “A blessing in disguise to refocus on the essentials and take stock of my life. We know that everything can go very quickly in the professional world, in one direction or the other.”
