Aulas, the exit that makes people react

In an interview with the newspaper Le Monde, Jean-Michel Aulas made very strong comments about some of his collaborators.

“I made my first mistake in human resources strategy by giving an extremely broad delegation of sporting power to Juni. » Jean-Michel Aulas cut it short when commenting on Juninho’s move into sporting director role. The boss of Olympique Lyonnais believes that the suit was not cut out for the Brazilian.

Aulas not tender with Juninho

” It didn’t work: was it because he wasn’t competent or because I put him in a job that didn’t match his skills?“, he thundered in an interview with the newspaper Le Monde, while emphasizing that Juninho has other qualities in his eyes.

” We’ve had worse results for two or three years, but it’s not a sporting downgrade. We know why and we have identified it. We just corrected and it will start again. It was on his post that I was wrong. Not on him. I gave him the keys to the house because the fans wanted him and I thought we would solve all the problems. I longed for his return. I struggled two years to bring him back. He was given a huge welcome bonus. His return was ecstasy. On the other hand, in the application of responsibility, I was not good. This is what I said to the supporters: if they have complaints to make, it is up to me to make them, indicated the president. »

“Bruno Cheyrou is hypercompetent”

JMA also had much more complimentary remarks towards the current recruitment manager, Bruno Cheyrou, who does not enjoy a high popularity rating with Lyon supporters. ” He doesn’t have the title so far. Contrary to what is said, Bruno is hypercompetent. My wish is for him to take the post of sporting director. And we are looking with Vincent for a kind of sports adviser, who is a very great former player. The departure of Gérard Houllier [décédé en 2020] was a personal drama, but also a professional one. As an advisor, he has played a fantastic role, along with Juni and others, in stabilizing certain situations and carrying professionalism. And then Laurent Blanc has a stature and a stature which is not the same as that of Peter [Bosz, remercié en octobre]. ” It is said.