For one of his first interventions on Europe 1 after his departure from France Info at the end of the year, Jacques Vendroux conducted a long interview with Jean-Michel Aulas.
In this interview with the president of OL, which will be broadcast on the radio in part on Friday and in full on Saturday from 8 p.m., the famous journalist seeks in particular to know if Laurent Blanc could one day become the club’s coach. Lyon, despite the missed meeting in 2019?
JMA always thinks of Laurent Blanc
“Yes, I am thinking about it. At the time, I was in solidarity with Juninho (former sports director of OL, who had preferred to hire Rudi Garcia, Editor’s note). He is a boy who has incomparable experience. I had seen him for a long time in Russia during the World Cup. I had felt this capacity in him. Things did not happen. But do you ever know? […] Peter Bosz, it’s tough. But there is no result to match. We said ‘we will continue’ until the end of February to see what happens but in my mind, we are not going to put ourselves in danger. […] We won’t be fools. “
“The dynamism is still there”
In another excerpt from this interview, the OL boss (since 1987) believes, despite the disappointing current results, that he continues to be the man for the job. “I’m 72 years old, and proud of it. I don’t feel like an old schnock, not at all. I take lots of initiatives, the mechanics work, the dynamism is still there. I will not leave without having brought a European Cup to Lyon (for the men’s team, Editor’s note). Even in the storm, we make sure to find the ingredients to continue investing in the medium term and get to where we need to go. “