Even if the name was not known to all Lyon supporters, it is an important link in the recruitment of Lyon who decided this Sunday to leave OL to join Angers.

Present in the organization chart of Olympique Lyonnais since 1988, he was notably the eye of OL in Africa, Patrice Girard will join the Rhone armada which settles at SCO Angers in the wake of the arrival of Gerald Baticule as coach of Saïd Chabane’s club. According to L’Equipe, the one who has worked for a long time in the Lyon recruitment unit, with in particular a gigantic address book, has submitted his resignation to Jean-Michel Aulas in order to become the boss of the Angers transfer window.

Even if Juninho takes center stage when it comes to strengthening OL, Patrice Girard was particularly involved in finding excellent young people in order to integrate the so precious training center of Olympique Lyonnais, since ‘he’ after his mission in Africa, he became responsible for recruiting for the OL Academy. For the moment, the Rhone club has not confirmed this information from the sports daily, even if the departure of the OL scout seems already acquired. In particular, it is not yet said who will inherit this essential position in the strategy of Jean-Michel Aulas.