Tension is at its height in Lorient. Crushed by Brest (4-0) on Wednesday evening during the 17th day of Ligue 1, the coach of the Breton team, Régis Le Bris, would have denounced the lack of humility of four players in the squad: Jean-Victor Makengo , Isaak Touré, Romain Faivre and… Benjamin Mendy. The latter, who was making his third start of the season, would not have appreciated the reproaches of the 48-year-old coach at all and would have declared that this story “would be resolved when it resumed” according to L’Équipe.
The crisis is very present among the Merlus, in a relegated position, and who seem divided into “clans” according to Ouest-France. The daily continues by indicating that several Lorient players would have flown to their vacation spots after the match (including Mendy) while the rest of the group returned by bus to Brittany. The newspaper also recalls that Le Bris had validated the arrivals of Mendy and Makengo, the most expensive transfer in the history of the club and who did not play a single minute in Brest last summer.
Régis Le Bris, who also did not fail to point out the lack of humility of his players at a press conference, is weakened by this climate which has become volcanic in Morbihan, where Merlus supporters are showing themselves more and more angry. During the night from Wednesday to Thursday, the “Merlus Ultras 1995” group dumped 400 kg of rotten fish in front of the FC Lorient training center, as reported by Le Télégramme, all decorated with a banner “Good rotten, like you “.
Breton supporters did not stop there and published a scathing message on the website: “Last match of the year 2023, and travel prohibited in gray land. Following the new shameful defeat (and the term is kind) of our team, an action is organized in front of Kerlir after the match by around twenty members. 400 kg of fish will be placed in front of the gate. Let people who are not concerned, and who do not respect the FC Lorient institution, move very far from our club!” FC Lorient will have to put together good results and a great second half of the season to get out of the doldrums and stay in the elite.
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