In post for more than a week at OL, what are the missions of former professional footballer Daniel Congré?
He walks on eggshells. And he knows it. In office for a good week, OL sports coordinator Daniel Conger is still in the observation phase. Which may be intriguing at first glance. Particularly among certain players who have not yet fully understood what the job description of the former Toulouse, Montpellier and Dijon defender was. “We know that it will help us a lot to be efficient. We are all in the same logic of being there to help the team, help the club and ensure that all together, all the energies multiplied and not added ensure that everything is efficient.“, indicated Pierre Sage during the press conference before the Europa League match against Hoffenheim (2-2).
He must be in phase with the sports management…
Present on a daily basis with the professional group, he is not intended to fulfill the task of sporting director, a position which no longer exists at OL since the departure of David Friio. “I think he will bring a lot to the staff and the team in the relationship and proximity with the players. He will also give us the staff another angle of view in relation to his perception, because he will be able to -be less active in the sessions, less engaged in the different times in which we are with the players With his hindsight, he will be able to better analyze our practices and certainly ask himself more questions to continue to progress.Pierre always assured Sage when describing the role of Daniel Conger.
… but also close to the players
Accepted by the OL coach who is of good composition, Daniel Conger still has to prove himself in the Rhone locker room. In short, make its usefulness clear to players. Can the latter confide in their state of mind without it being used against them? Specializing in mental preparation and nutrition, Daniel Conger Over the next few weeks, we will have to reassure people and demonstrate pedagogy.
“The right person” dixit Matthieu Louis-Jean
In any case, Matthew Louis-Jean who chose him after having received Maxime Gonalons and Anthony Réveillère for the same position, is convinced that he has all the qualities required to fully fulfill his mission. “He immediately joined the culture of performance and excellence, which is important to us. He is a person of high quality, at the end of his career, he chose to train on many areas such as mental preparation, the new technical director declared on the club’s official website. CThis is what impressed us the most. He is curious, he wants to understand, he wants to progress, we feel that he is the right person to help this group.“
So stay with Daniel Conger to impose its paw on Olympique Lyonnais which, in this troubled economic period, really needs sporting stability.
