Few people could have predicted that Yannick Cahuzac’s successor in the RC Lens dugout would be Didier Digard. Sacked from his role as Le Havre manager at the end of October, the French tactician pulled off a real coup by beating off competition from, amongst others, Habib Beye and, above all, Pierre Sage – who had recently been sacked by Crystal Palace and was the hot favourite to take the reins at the Sang et Or.
However, behind the scenes, it appears the decision was not simply the result of a standard job interview. Whilst Sage enjoyed the backing of Lens chairman Joseph Ourghourlian, Digard, for his part, received the support of Jean-Louis Leca, the club’s sporting director.
This was a decisive factor for Digard, whose agent is said to be close to Leca, but also acts as the representative for Florian Thauvin (33), Samson Baidoo (22), Ismaëlo Ganiou (21) and Mezian Mesloub (17) – all of whom represent the present and future of RC Lens.
This factor was obviously not overlooked when Oughourlian made his final decision; he chose to be persuaded by Digard rather than continue down the path initially taken by Sage.
GFFN | Léo Aschi
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