FC Nantes should be the third Ligue 1 club to change coaches this season. After Stéphane Jobard (Dijon) and Patrick Vieira (Nice), Christian Gourcuff is likely to take the door in the coming hours. Appointed in August 2019 to replace Vahid Halilhodzic, the Breton technician already seemed on an ejection seat before facing Strasbourg this Sunday during the 13th day of Ligue 1. A meeting which saw the Canaries completely sink at La Beaujoire (4- 0).
With only one victory in their last six games, they are in a worrying 14th place, just three points ahead of the red zone. Entangled in a bad series, they will have a very important appointment in the fight for maintenance, next Sunday, with the reception of the Dijon red lantern.
Who will sit on the Nantes bench for this match? Maybe René Weiler. This 47-year-old Swiss trainer, unknown in France, is tipped to succeed Gourcuff, as reported by Canal +. He has been free from any contract since his departure from Al Ahly last October. A club with which he was crowned champion of Egypt a month earlier.
A very pragmatic coach
He was also Belgian champion with Anderlecht in the 2016-2017 season and led the Mauves to the quarter-finals of the Europa League. He had taken the door in September 2017 due to poor results. At the time, Belgian media and Germans had also explained that Mogi Bayat may have played a role in his ouster.
But the Franco-Iranian agent is today omnipresent in the heart of… FC Nantes, and reputed to be very close to Waldemar Kita. Between Anderlecht and Al Ahly, Weiler trained in Switzerland, at FC Lucerne, where his spell did not end well due to disputes with the club management.
Former defender who only evolved in Switzerland, he is known to be a very pragmatic coach. “Only the results count, the rest is chatter”, he said two months ago in an interview with the Belgian media The evening. The kind of speech that could therefore have seduced the Kita clan, returned by plane to Paris this Sunday evening. If the Canaries do not have training this Monday at Jonelière, the activity could be important in the offices.
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