Olympique’s priority to succeed Blanc would now be Fabio Grosso

While Gennaro Gattuso seemed to be holding the rope in recent days, another Italian technician would now act as the favorite to succeed Laurent Blanc on the Olympic bench according to L’Equipe: Fabio Grosso. Passed by Lyon between 2007 and 2009, the former full-back (age 45) has been free since June 30 and the end of his adventure at Frosinone.

New twist in the order of Laurent Blanc on the bench of Olympique Lyonnais. While Gennaro Gattuso was very close to the Rhone club, the latter would now have set his sights on another Italian technician: Fabio Grosso.

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According to L’Equipe, Grosso, a former Olympic player (2007-2009), is now in pole position to become the future Lyon coach. He would even have spoken to John Textor in recent days and his profile would be unanimous internally.

Two other avenues are being explored by the Olympics

The former left-back, 48-time Italian international and 2006 world champion, has been free of any contract since the end of his adventure on the Frosinone bench, which he took up from Serie B to Serie A, at the end of last season. . Since the start of his coaching career, he has particularly worked with the youth teams of Juventus Torino, Bari, Hellas Verona, Brescia and FC Sion.

Apart from Gattuso, who the OL would now let wait, and Grosso, John Textor’s club would also explore two other avenues according to L’Equipe: one leads to Habib Beye (Red Star), the other to a fourth technician whose identity has not yet to be leaked.