2023-07-01 23:34:25
The coach market is well launched in Ligue 1. While the formalization of the arrival of Luis Enrique in Paris is close and Francesco Farioli will take control in Nice, a personality could soon sign his return to the benches of the France championship. Patrick Vieira has reached an agreement with Strasbourg, according to The Team.
The former midfielder of the France team (47), world and European champion, should commit for three years with the Alsatian club, still chaired by Marc Keller and now owned by BlueCo, an American consortium that owns Chelsea. He would thus succeed Frédéric Antonetti.
It’s time for a revival for the French coach ejected from his post at Crystal Palace last March, after a series of nine unsuccessful matches in the Premier League. He had had a much quieter first season with the Eagles, where he secured 12th place, while allowing talented young players to develop, like Michael Olise, Connor Gallagher or Eberechi Eze.
At Racing, the former Arsenal player could notably count quality “kids”, provided that Strasbourg retains elements such as Habib Diarra, Ismaël Doukouré or Moïse Sahi Dion. Between club soft belly of the Premier League and a team that flirted with the red zone in Ligue 1, progress is not easy for Vieira. But the technician has the advantage of knowing the championship.
If the aesthetics were not there during his time in Nice, he led the Aiglons to 7th and 6th places during the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 exercises. The year 2020 ended with his dismissal in December. On the Côte d’Azur, he had witnessed the arrival of Jim Ratcliffe, an ambitious investor. In Alsace, this time he will deal with Todd Boehly, but this time he is at the base of the Strasbourg project, as the first coach of the BlueCo era.
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