‘I’m leaving, goodbye’: Lyon manager Laurent Blanc storms out of his press conference after questions over the club’s January transfer business ahead of their Ligue 1 clash with Troyes
- Lyon boss Laurent Blanc stormed out of his press conference over transfer talks
- The former France boss gave an indication that he would leave if it continued
- Blanc departed when the topic was finally changed to their upcoming fixture
Lyon manager Laurent Blanc stormed out of his pre-match press conference after being irked by questions about the club’s January transfer business.
The former France boss initially looked to sweep aside any transfer related questions in his Troyes pre-match press conference.
But it didn’t quite work and in the end Blanc smiled back at the questions and gave an indication to the media that he would leave if they did not change the topic.
The former Bordeaux and PSG manager did exactly that 10 minutes later when a question about the upcoming match finally came up.
His actions lamented that it had taken too long for the subject to come up and he was not pleased.
Lyon manager Laurent Blanc stormed out of a press conference after transfer questions
The former France manager initially looked to sweep aside any transfer related questions
‘Is it good? I see you and you have no more questions to ask. I’m leaving. Goodbye,’ Blanc said when getting up.
‘No, but it’s you who decides to talking about Troyes after ten minutes… So thank you and goodbye.’
That followed his initial comments stating: ‘The transfer window is over and we have the squad that will end the season.
‘We will work and the players will not change. We already had a transfer window press conference so don’t keep talking to me about the transfer window now. Let’s talk about something else.’
The Ligue 1 outfit captured the signatures of Dejan Lovren, Jeffinho and Amin Sarr during the transfer window, although they did see six players depart.
One of those departures was full-back Malo Gusto joining Premier League side Chelsea for…