Rudi Garcia on the Lyon bench, here during the OL-Strasbourg match last Sunday at Décines. JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK - AFP

The whistles that systematically accompany his name during the presentation of the teams at Parc OL do not seem to have spoiled his first four months on the bench in Lyon. Still competing in the two national cups and awaiting an "exploit" against Juventus in the knockout stages of the Champions League as of next Wednesday, Rudi Garcia has also since his arrival seen OM (2nd) fly away 18 points from his team (11th) in Ligue 1.

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That does not prevent the former Marseille coach, who turns 56 this Thursday, from projecting himself long-term with OL, where he is under contract until June 2021. "What am I going to do after my time at OL? If it was up to me, I would stay here forever. The city is beautiful, I like the club. Afterwards, if they ask me to leave, we'll see, ”says Rudi Garcia in an interview with the Italian daily Corriere dello Sport .

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With the passing a new compliment slipped to its president, who recently praised "his overdeveloped tactical sense". "President Aulas is a visionary, he understood before others the importance of infrastructure," said the interested party. Here, there is a serious and medium-term recovery plan. It was easy to say yes, even if my former OM supporters took it the wrong way. They lived it better than those of OL in fact, Rudi.

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