2023-12-13 10:28:38
Will Ligue 1 lose its youngest technician? Will Still, the coach of Stade de Reims, is in discussions with Sunderland, in the English second division. Information reported by several well-informed English media including the Telegraph and the Guardian.
The 31-year-old coach, who arrived in October 2022 at the head of Reims, would be ready to leave Marne to join the Blackcats. The Belgian-British even traveled to England to meet the club’s owner Kyril Louis-Dreyfus, the son of the former owner of OM, to whom he presented his sporting project. His objective: to secure a place in the Championship playoff to seek promotion to the Premier League. Sunderland are currently 6th in the second division, more than 16 points behind Leicester, runner-up to Ipswich, both already well on their way to returning to the joys of the English championship.
A decisive winter transfer window
But why would Will Still want to leave Reims with whom he continues to perform well after an impressive arrival a little over a year ago and a series of 17 games without defeat in Ligue 1? The young technician would not be reassured about his near future in the country of champagne due in particular to the African Cup of Nations and the Asian Cup at the start of the year, with the departure of a good number of his frames.
Will Still would not have received any guarantee on the possibility of recruiting during the winter transfer window while his team is 8th in Ligue 1 with 23 points, tied with Marseille, which occupies the last qualifying place for Europe. Quite the opposite of Sunderland who would have promised him a great influence on the choice of new recruits and the dream of accession to the Premier League.
Will Still would even be the main candidate to succeed Tony Mowbray. But the main obstacle to his departure: the 31-year-old coach is under contract with Reims until 2025, and therefore remains subject to the club’s decision to let him leave. As for those around the club, it is hard to imagine his departure at this stage of the season, even if we are already preparing for this eventuality.
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