At Standard, management decided to call on Ivan Leko last season to replace Carl Hoefkens who was unable to obtain the expected results.
But in Sclessin, there is a name that has regularly circulated without things coming to fruition. A coach who will be present this Saturday on the banks of the Meuse but once again on the visitors’ bench, who will intend to return with three points in the bag.
First time in 2012
It was for the first time in 2012 that Felice Mazzù was quoted in Standard. At the time, Ron Jans had been dismissed and the Liégeois were looking for someone who could allow the club to occupy the desired position.
At the time, the coach said he was open to continuing the discussions opened by Standard. “I’ve been hoping for a call like this for years and it happened. So it’s a great source of pride. Now there are a lot of parameters to manage around it,” Mazzù said at the time.
Controversial negotiations
At the time, things ultimately did not come to fruition, as they would later. Two years later, he was approached again, this time to replace Guy Luzon. Mazzù would have offered his services himself at that time and it was necessary to put an end to the controversy surrounding the contacts between Bayat and Duchâtelet.
Closer to home, there was the time when Mazzù joined Genk. The negotiations having taken a little time to conclude, the coach’s name was circulated again in Sclessin, without this happening either.
In the end, the Saint-Trond coach will never have joined Sclessin and even if it is never too late, it is not at all on the agenda for the moment. His priority is to do the best possible with the Canaries.
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