After the eviction of Corinne Deacon and four months before the World Cup (July 20 – August 20), the French women’s football team will soon know the name of its new coach. As we announced on Thursday, Hervé Renard, currently at the head of Saudi Arabia where he is under contract until 2027, is the big favorite. This Friday after the victory of Olympique Lyonnais in the semi-final of the Women’s French Cup against Fleury (2-0), Jean-Michel Aulas, the president of the Rhone team and member of the working group which auditioned candidates, confirms that the outcome is near.
“We did a wonderful job with the three other members of the Comex, Marc Keller, Aline Riera and Laura Georges, he explained to the microphone of beIN Sports. We did a lot of auditions, we made a lot of progress. We still have to wait I think 48 hours because we are in the process of solving not only the problem of the coach but also the problems of all the staff because we want to create a new dynamic. A staff like the staff of boys or teams that play in the Women’s Champions League like Paris or Lyon. And therefore give yourself the means to have great ambitions. And the big ambition will happen very quickly since our girls will fly away for the World Cup. And then in 18 months we will have the Olympics in France. So it’s time to pull out all the stops and give yourself the means to get the results and if possible a World Cup or a gold medal at the Olympic Games. »
The president of Olympique Lyonnais also spoke about women’s football more broadly: “We are in the process of taking women’s football to the next level. We want a status that is a real professional status. There is work at committee level around a championship with play-offs. All this coupled with a new era for the France team.