Without a post since his departure from PSG four years ago, Laurent Blanc has become the new coach of the Qatari club of Al Rayyan.
The former coach of the France team had been announced on numerous occasions in more prestigious championships, without the rumors materializing.
Laurent Blanc finally finds a bench!
The former coach of the France team, without a post since leaving Paris SG in 2016, has signed an 18-month contract with Qatari club Al Rayyan, a source within the French government told AFP on Saturday. club.
Blanc, 55, will be officially presented at a press conference scheduled for Saturday at 5:30 p.m. local (3:30 p.m. French, 2:30 p.m. GMT), said this source.
While his name had been circulating for several seasons in more prestigious championships, in particular in France, Blanc will take charge of a club which occupies 6th place in the Qatar Championship with 13 points after nine days.
He will cross in Qatar, organizer of the next World Cup in 2022, the road of a former big name in European football, the Spaniard Xavi who has been coaching the Al Sadd club since 2019, current leader of the local championship (25 pts ).
His new club belongs to the Al Thani family, the owners ... of PSG
Blanc will also find several people he had met at Paris SG, since his new club belongs to the princely Al Thani family, which controls the Parisian club that Blanc trained from 2013 to 2016. In just six seasons as club coach, three in Bordeaux (2007 -2010), both at Paris-SG (2013-2016), Blanc has forged an impressive track record, with four French championship titles, including three in the capital.
He had also offered PSG a playing identity, based on offense and possession of the ball.
The former French international (97 caps), winner of the 1998 World Cup and Euro-2000 with the Blues, led the France team from 2010 to 2012 with a mixed sporting record and damaged by the affair discriminatory ethnic quotas.