Aulas explains why Garcia was chosen and not White

He is on all fronts, Jean-Michel Aulas. While his club has just experienced a busy week, concluded Monday afternoon by the appointment of Rudi Garcia as a new coach, the boss of OL was at the headquarters of the FFF in Paris, for the college of presidents of the League 1, which he also directs. At the end of the meeting, the leader returned for RMC Sport on the choice Garcia, but also on the failure of the track Blanc.

"In fact, we did an extremely thorough investigation, I surrounded myself with Juninho for that, Gerard Houllier also came, like Vincent Ponsot, Aulas specifies.We received the four or five candidates selected for several hours We wanted a fighter, someone who intervenes very quickly to win games and we chose all four Rudi Garcia, he could come quickly and completely respect the internal organization (the men already in place, ed). come with an assistant coach and there will be two other assistants (Baticle and Cacapa) .Therefore we will have a structure that allows us to combine what worked well and what we lacked.Rudi clearly comes to bring Olympique Lyonnais to the highest level Both in the league and in the European Cup, we will give him the means to his ambitions. "

"Laurent (White), maybe it was safer, but it's true that we wanted to respect the whole group"

And Aulas continued: "There were other interesting options, but Rudi's ambition and tenacity – we had a number of exchanges in the past – made the difference. after." Unlike Laurent Blanc? "We have to ask Juninho, it was he who made the final decision, everyone had his own conviction," says JMA Laurent (White), it may have been more secure, but it's true that wanted to respect the whole group (the deputies, ed.) This time, it could not be done, but that's not why it will never happen. "

One thing is sure. As Christophe Dugarry did, Jean-Michel Aulas refutes that the interview with Blanc went wrong. "Do not listen to the rumors, slip the president Laurent has all my friendship, it's someone I appreciate.The context was that we needed reactivity, to go to the fight, because We want to find ourselves on the podium quickly and continue the adventure in the Champions League, we should not make too many changes or breaks in the group, because I trust my players. "