Football OL – OL: Juninho already forgotten Lyon – Olympique Lyonnais
A few days after the announcement of his departure from Olympique Lyonnais during the winter break, Juninho has obviously already made a choice concerning his personal future.
OL lived a hectic week to say the least, which began with a draw in Bordeaux, continued with the verdict of the OL-OM affair and therefore a loss of one point in the standings, then a draw against the Rangers and finally, and above all, in the midst of all this the officialization of the departure of the Brazilian sports director by the end of the month. Juninho has confirmed it, he will no longer be at Olympique Lyonnais at the time of the resumption in early 2022, and by then Jean-Michel Aulas and Vincent Ponsot will find him a successor. While the leaders of OL are at work to succeed in this feat of making people forget the one who is an emblematic figure of the Rhone club. While waiting to know if there will be white smoke at Christmas above Groupama Stadium, Juninho is obviously one step ahead of his future. Because at 46, the Brazilian has no intention of taking early retirement in his country by watching football matches on television.
Juninho is not going to return to Brazil
Juninho is expected to step down during the winter break. He could announce his departure in the days to come.
For its part, OL are looking for a replacement for him through Vincent Ponsot. (@team) pic.twitter.com/mKpQKCNA5a
– Only Gones (@OnlyGones) December 7, 2021
For the rest of his career, Juninho has even already taken a serious option on a coaching position since Le Progrès says that the agent of the Brazilian sports director of Olympique Lyonnais should register him for a coaching training session. from the start of 2022. However, the former OL chief artificer will not do this training in France, but in Spain. If the name of Juninho had appeared last summer on a list of former players decided to graduate in France to become coaches, this did not materialize, the sports director of Lyon finally not having the place to add that to his schedule. But with the prospect of leaving Lyon, Juninho will now be able to do this training as a coach, and that from the first days of next year. Once the essential diploma in his pocket, the Brazilian could quickly get started in his country … or in a Gulf country in order to make his debut, specifies the regional daily.