In his message of thanks to announce his departure from OL, Rudi Garcia did not mention Juninho, the sporting director.

A notable absence which had not gone unnoticed.

A little more than 24 hours later, the now ex-Lyon coach explained himself in an interview with L

'Equipe

, in which he is not kind to the Brazilian.

Listening to Garcia, the relationship between the two men began to strain last November.

“I found that when the Brazilian rookies weren't playing, he wasn't happy.

He would have preferred to win but with his players, ”explains the former OM coach, referring to Jean Lucas and Bruno Guimaraes, who gradually disappeared from the team this season after a very good start last year. .

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- Rudi Garcia (@RudiGarcia) May 24, 2021

Juni too protective of his Brazilian recruits?

“It would have slowed down the emergence of certain young people like Caqueret in particular. Juni's opinion was that Jean Lucas was better. The problem must have come from there initially. And things quickly deteriorated, ”adds Garcia, who claims to have offered to resign to make way for Juninho if the latter wanted to be a coach.

Vincent Ponsot, the general manager of football, refused. But things are not settled and Garcia blames a large part of OL's poor results during the second part of the season to the bad atmosphere put on all floors by the Brazilian. “He does things behind my back, talks to the players behind my back, lets some criticize the coach like Jean Lucas. He lacked objectivity and fair treatment, ”adds the technician, for whom the South American players were over-protected compared to others. “There are things that the players feel, they are not fooled. "

For Garcia, Juninho should take less care of the pitch if he wants to be successful in his role.

“I think he will become a very good sporting director but he will need experience.

He is still too much in the player mode, in impulsive decision-making, believes the French champion with Lille in 2011. He did not like the attitude of some players but did not realize that he was doing the same. .

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