Sporting face side in turmoil: manager sacked before Champions League | OneFootball

Lens changed coach less than a month before hosting Sporting in the Champions League. Dino Toppmöller was dismissed earlier this week and Yannick Cahuzac took charge of the French side, and could remain in the role until the clash with the Lions.

According to Record, Lens general director Benjamin Parrott explained that there is no set timeframe for the 41-year-old coach’s stay. “There is no notion of time, there is no notion of being interim. Today, he is the first-team coach”, he said.

The situation therefore opens up the possibility of Cahuzac leading Lens against Sporting on October 13, in the second matchday of the Champions League league phase. Before that, the new coach will make his official debut this Friday, away to Monaco.

Jean-Louis Leca, sporting director of the French club, justified the choice of the club’s former player. “It seemed obvious to us, at this moment, that he was the right person to get us back on track with what we were doing”, the official explained.

Cahuzac ended his playing career at Lens in 2022, and then joined Franck Haise’s coaching staff in 2022/23. He recently returned to the club to work with Toppmöller and, less than three months later, ended up succeeding the German coach.

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