Pierre Sage is aware of this, he is in great danger before OL's trip to Fenerbahçe this Thursday in the Europa League. The fault lies with an impatient John Textor, who is already considering changing coaches.
Patience is not John Textor's greatest quality and Pierre Sage is perfectly aware of this. The Olympique Lyonnais coach is having a difficult start to 2025 and remains in three games without a victory in all competitions. The defeat in the Coupe de France against the amateurs of Bourgoin-Jallieu was received as a real slap in the face and a total shame within the club. John Textor still hasn't digested it and put pressure on Pierre Sage before the trip to Fenerbahçe in the Europa League. “Indeed, today, I am weakened because our results do not live up to our possibilities and our ambitions. But what is important for me is to have the same outcome as the previous phases. I have this habit » Pierre Sage also recognized at a press conference before the meeting.
A coach or a banker, Textor must choose
-However, it is a shame that John Textor thus weakens his coach in the first negative series according to So Foot, who explains that the pressure from the American owner of OL towards his coach is clearly counterproductive. “By loudly proclaiming that he wanted a coach who also thinks like a banker, Textor ended up distorting his team. A situation that cannot be resolved by a change of driver. Especially when the latter has done all his ranges at the club and been extended until 2026” estimates the specialized media. But we will probably not change John Textor and Pierre Sage therefore knows what he has to do this Thursday to avoid giving his boss dark ideas: win against José Mourinho's Fenerbahçe in order to consolidate the excellent position of OL in the Europa League (4th before the 7th day)… and save their heads.
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