Christophe Dugarry criticizes RC Lens leadership, Digi Mart USA News: RC Lens has had a terrible week. In the Champions League, the Artois club suffered the biggest humiliation ever for a French club in European competition, losing 9-1 to Como in a historic defeat.
Yesterday, Les Sang et Or missed the chance to recover, conceding another home defeat to Olympique de Marseille, 2-1. The loss drops RC Lens to 11th place in the Ligue 1 standings, a situation that drew a reaction from former player Christophe Dugarry.
Dugarry directed his criticism at sporting director Jean-Louis Leca. Speaking to RMC, he said the Lens situation left him with a bitter taste and that he disliked the way Toppmöller was dismissed, adding that the explanations given at the time were very vague and that he found them rather weak.
Dugarry also said that Cahuzac performs worse than his predecessor, has suffered the ultimate humiliation and remains in place. He argued that Toppmöller achieved more and was dismissed for reasons that are still unknown, and that the coach should have resigned after the 9-1 defeat.
He further suggested that the decision reflected an internal power move, with the sporting director choosing the coach he wanted. He concluded that retaining Cahuzac after dismissing a coach who, in his view, performed less poorly for little reason shows favoritism or cronyism.
