Italian Fabio Grosso, successor to Laurent Blanc at Olympique Lyonnais, is the tenth foreign coach in Ligue 1 this season. This is unprecedented.
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Three years ago, 80% of Ligue 1 coaches were French. Since then, they have been losing ground. A situation that the coach of the France team Didier Deschamps deeply regrets: “I find that the French coach is not valued. Does this come from the fact that there are also more and more foreign owners?”
“I find that a lot of credit is given to a foreign coach, compared to a French coach who does the same thing.”
Didier Deschamps, coach of the Bluesat a press conference
Simple fashion or real grievances? Didier Digard in Nice, Philippe Montanier in Toulouse, Christophe Galtier in Paris were disembarked; place Francesco Farioli, Carles Martinez or Luis Enrique.
Ligue 1 is becoming more international, but the French have no problem, assures the Spaniard Marcelino, who arrived this summer on the OM bench: “I came here with humility. In no way do I feel superior to a French coach! I try to rely on the values which have allowed me until now to have a good career, but without ever giving lesson to anyone or pretend to be able to teach things to French football.”
And abroad, the trend is even worse: French technicians have disappeared from the radar, apart from Rudi Garcia, in Naples. He is the only one still in position in the four major European championships.