🚨 Official: bombshell in Ligue 1, Lens already sack Toppmöller!

🚨 Official: bombshell in Ligue 1, Lens already sack Toppmöller! A bombshell! Six short matches and then gone. RC Lens officially announced on Tuesday evening, to everyone’s surprise, the dismissal of their coach, Dino Toppmöller, who arrived this summer after Pierre Sage’s departure. Only 28 days passed between the historic win against PSG in the Trophée des Champions — the German coach’s first official match in charge of Lens — and his last, this Sunday in Ligue 1, at Le Mans (2-2). In the meantime, Les Sang et Or won their first Champions League matchday in Prague (3-2), beat Auxerre (5-2) in their league opener, before losing twice, at Strasbourg (1-2) and at home to Lorient (0-1). But the reason for this surprise dismissal does not appear to be sporting. According to reports in the German press, the Lens management decided to part ways with his long-time assistant, Nelson Morgado. Toppmöller is said to have opposed the move, which ultimately cost him his job. For its part, our partner MadeInFoot mentions tensions between the coach and his dressing room at halftime of Sunday’s match against Le Mans. RC Lens’ statement details the reasons behind this thunderbolt: "After numerous discussions regarding the organization of the staff [...] Racing informed its coach of its desire to reshape it. As Dino Toppmöller was unable to agree to these changes, the Club, acting responsibly, took the decision to bring his mission to an end." Yannick Cahuzac therefore becomes the new coach of Les Sang et Or, as the statement also specifies. Toppmöller’s 28-day spell at Lens also becomes the shortest tenure for a club coach in France since 1945. This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.