Lyon coach Pierre Sage has been fired, the French league membership has introduced.
His dismissal adopted a 1-1 draw with Nantes over the weekend and left some observers baffled.
Sage had quickly turn out to be a followers’ favorite after guiding Lyon from the underside of the standings to a sixth-place end final season.
And after 19 matches this season, Lyon are sixth within the league, simply 4 factors off a Champions League spot although they’ve gone 5 matches with out a win throughout all competitions.
They have been additionally knocked out of the French Cup following a defeat by French fifth-tier membership Bourgoin-Jallieu within the spherical of 32.
Lyon, nevertheless, mentioned the choice to half methods with Sage was a “sporting alternative.”
Lyon are owned by American businessman John Textor, who visited the membership in particular person this week.
“Olympique Lyonnais has been compelled to droop coach Pierre Sage and workers members Jamal Alioui, Rui Lemos, Denis Valour and Remy Vercoutre, pending a choice within the subsequent few days,” Lyon mentioned in an announcement.
The seven-time French champions added his firing “doesn’t name into query the great work carried out at first of 2024, for which Olympique Lyonnais will at all times be grateful to Pierre Sage and his crew.”
Lyon subsequent host Bulgarian aspect Ludogorets within the Europa League on Thursday.
with Reuters
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