Pierre Dréossi, 64 years old, made it official at the microphone of Prime Video that he will be Lensois from this Monday, June 3. The Metz sports director made this announcement as the Grenats were going to play their play-off return match against AS Saint-Étienne for their survival in Ligue 1.
A timing that raises questions
The timing of his statement even shocked the former Metz footballer, Ludovic Obraniak, a consultant on Prime Videowho did not hide on the air that he was ” embarrassed “.
The former general manager and sports director of Stade Rennais, also a former Rennes coach, who then worked for Paris FC, will succeed Arnaud Pouille, Lensois general manager, who is leaving. In Lens, his arrival is not unanimous among Sang et Or supporters who criticize him in particular for his past as a player with Lille.
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In the meantime, the manager was also questioned about the future of Georgian striker Georges Mikautadze, whose FC Metz exercised the purchase option from Ajax Amsterdam.
The journalists of Prime Video asked him if he was going to try to take him to the North while the player arouses the desire of several clubs after his very good half-season since his return to the Garnets. “He’s going to go to the Euro, and then we’ll see”he just said, smiling.
