To replace Antoine Kombouaré, whose En Avant de Guingamp ended the duties on Tuesday, the club Côtes-d'Armor could take his time. Bertrand Desplat, the president of Guingamp, may not reveal the name of his new coach before the match against Lyon, Saturday (17 pm), meeting counting for the 13th day of Ligue 1.
Time is running out but it is urgent not to rush to find a successor to Antoine Kombouaré, whose club decided Tuesday to end the duties.
After two successful seasons (10th and 12th), the technician guingampais pays a beginning of misfired championship (20th with 7 points after 12 days), whose culmination was the humiliation lived in Nantes on Sunday (0-5). Acted on Monday, the decision was made official Tuesday early in the day and announced in the evening at the Board of En Avant during its monthly meeting.
The Gourvennec track
Since the beginning of the week, Bertrand Desplat has been looking for a successor to his coach. And the names circulate, some with more insistence. According to our information, the track leading to Jocelyn Gourvennec is credible and activated.
Some have even announced a meeting yesterday between the Guingampan president and the former coach of En Avant, from 2010 to 2016 with two accessions in Ligue 2 (2011), then in Ligue 1 (2013) and a Cup of France won (2014). But the club would have polled other free coaches.
But whatever the future elected, the club would leave time and unveil the name of the coach called to achieve the difficult operation maintenance after the reception of Lyon, Saturday (17 pm).
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A timing chosen so as not to disturb the preparation of the meeting led by a duo Vincent Rautureau, director of the training center, and Sylvain Didot, the head of the N3 team and who directs the sessions this week; to also take advantage of the international break to allow the future coach to make his mark before the trip to Reims (24 November).