Jean-Michel Aulas, here during the Lyon-Brest match, on December 16 at Parc OL.

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  • Currently 2nd in Ligue 1, OL are the only Top 4 club to count on the sidelines a coach whose contract ends in June.

  • This vagueness as to the future of Rudi Garcia in Lyon is assumed by President Aulas.

  • He recalls this Wednesday in

    L'Equipe

    that, according to him, "indecision allows people to surpass themselves".

“I am a superstitious person and I have seen that in other clubs, and in particular in the South, the signing of coaches could sometimes lead to less good results.

"This chambering

made in

JMA in January 2019, against Jacques-Henri Eyraud, when commenting on the timing of Rudi Garcia's contract extension at OM and the disastrous results that followed, explains the current situation. In Lyon.

Rudi Garcia may well be in the race for the title in Ligue 1 (2nd three points behind Losc), six months after a Champions League semi-final in Lisbon, he does not see any offer of contract extension (his lease ends in June) come from its chairman.

"If there is an impact on performance, it is because I would have been wrong"

In an interview with 

L'Equipe on

Wednesday, Jean-Michel Aulas detailed his strategy: "If Rudi can arrive at the end of the season with objectives achieved, we will have the same vision as in the past, we will judge both on its performance and the potential to be pursued.

If there was any very, very good news, obviously anything would be possible ”.

Even an unexpected 8th crown in the league would therefore not guarantee an extension to Rudi Garcia.

Moreover, during the Lyon hegemony of the 2000s, Jacques Santini, Paul Le Guen, Gérard Houllier and Alain Perrin had left the club after having been champions at the end of the season.

Based on these successful precedents, Jean-Michel Aulas will therefore wait for the outcome of Ligue 1 at the end of May to decide the future of coach Rudi.

Can this vagueness as to his future not all the same play tricks on Garcia and OL in the final sprint?

“If there is an impact on the performance, it is because I would have been wrong, states the president of Lyon.

We do everything to ensure that there is none.

I think indecision enables people to surpass themselves.

The overall balance of the club leads us to maintain this indecision as long as possible.

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