Abdukodir Khusanov’s move to Manchester City is just the latest blow for the club’s English manager
By Luke Entwistle for Get French Football News
Will Still defied expectations in the summer when he remained in France rather than taking a job in England. “Everyone was sending me there, but in my head nothing was decided,” he told L’Équipe in September. By taking the reins at Lens, a club he called “the most English of the French clubs”, the former Reims manager nonetheless took a forward step in his fledgling career. It has not been easy, as the case of defender Abdukodir Khusanov attests. The centre-back has been outstanding for Lens this season but, if he completes a €40m move to Manchester City this week, Still will have to rejig his team once more.
There wasn’t just a change of manager at the Stade Bollaert over the summer; there was a revolution at the club. Out went CEO, Arnaud Pouille, and in came Pierre Dréossi, with a new austere strategy. Diego López was promoted internally to the role of sporting director, with president, Joseph Oughourlian, saying he regretted the club’s “lack of intelligence in sporting decisions” over the past year.
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