Who really is Eirik Horneland, the new “rock-and-funny” coach of Saint-Étienne?

Eirik Horneland is definitely untenable. When he is not agitating in front of his bench, for ninety minutes, as during his first victory as coach of the Greens against Reims (3-1, January 4), or in training, the volcanic Scandinavian improvises as the new ambassador of Saint-Étienne. Mats Arntzen, special correspondent for VG Sporten, Norway’s largest tabloid, was given a guided tour of the city last weekend. Horneland, however, only discovered her since December 20, the date of the formalization of his appointment to replace Olivier Dall’Oglio. But he already seems at home, shaking hands, posing for countless photos, shouting, smiling and spitting all over the place.