Jean-Louis Leca in the spotlight after Toppmöller exit, Cahuzac promotion and slow transfer window | OneFootball

After a highly successful first summer in 2025 as RC Lens sporting director, Jean-Louis Leca is trying to hold course. The exit of Dino Toppmöller, the promotion of his friend Yannick Cahuzac and a transfer window slow to bear fruit have put him in the spotlight.

According to L'Équipe, Leca has spent hundreds of hours on the phone this summer, perhaps close to a thousand.

During the Como tournament in late July he rarely removed his earpiece for more than five minutes, at the hotel, in training and even on a boat on the lake.

He was negotiating the sale of Mamadou Sangaré to Brentford for 48 million euros excluding bonuses, and the arrival of Yassine Titraoui from Charleroi for eight million euros.

Beyond those deals, he was working to meet the high expectations placed on him, and those he set himself.

Source: L'Équipe

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