Bordeaux will take on the Spanish accent. After dismissing David Guion, laid off on Saturday after the defeat against Laval (0-1), during the 10th day of Ligue 2, the Gironde leaders chose to bet on Albert Riera for the position of coach. According to L’Équipe, it’s “almost done”. RMC specifies that the current coach of Celje, leader of the Slovenian championship, is expected in Bordeaux on Tuesday.
France Bleu had previously indicated that the current 13th in the Ligue 2 standings had agreed on the basis of a two-year contract, plus an optional season, with the 41-year-old Spanish technician, citing compensation of between 500,000 and €1 million to release him from his contract in Slovenia. An arrival in the form of a homecoming for Riera, who played for two years in Bordeaux in the first years of his playing career, between 2003 and 2005.
This former midfielder then moved between Spain, Greece, Turkey and England, where he notably played for Liverpool and Manchester City, before finishing in Slovenia. It was at Galatasaray that he began his career as a technician in 2020, as an assistant. He only donned the number 1 suit last year, guiding Ljubljana to the cup-championship double in Slovenia.
Expected on the bench for the trip to Angers on October 21, Albert Riera should therefore succeed David Guion, 56, who had been in post at Bordeaux since February 2022. The former Reims coach retained his place at the end of the 2021-22 campaign despite relegation to L2. He managed a total of 65 matches at the head of the Girondins, for a record of 27 wins, 17 draws and 21 losses.
