L’Équipe report that Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas has been internally managing the fallout of Director of Sport Juninho’s announcement of his likely departure at the end of the season. The Brazilian had explained that he would reflect on his future, in an interview with RMC Sport on Wednesday evening, citing the mental fatigue of the job as one of his motivations. A meeting took place on Thursday between Aulas, Juninho and team manager Peter Bosz as well as Director of Football Vincent Ponsot. The OL president began by apologising on behalf of the club to the Dutch coach for the previous evening’s episode. The former Bayer Leverkusen manager had been surprised…

As reported by La Provence, Marseille defender Jordan Amavi has been told by coach Jorge Sampaoli that he no longer features in the manager’s plans after just 130 minutes of action this campaign in all competitions. At his press conference before the meeting with in-form Brest tomorrow, Sampaoli explained: “It’s a special situation for him, he had a lot of injuries last season and we couldn’t really assess him. This season, he had some problems with our system, he’s a linear full-back who goes back and forth and it didn’t go very well for him when we tried him. Jordan, and others, have the right to find another way out.”…

In an interview with RTL, Marseille’s on loan Arsenal defender William Saliba discussed his stay at Marseille, explaining that friends have described coach Jorge Sampaoli’s touchline antics as “crazy”. On Jorge Sampaoli: “It’s only at the press conference that he’s calm. He yells at us in training to rally us or when we’re sluggish. Before the match, even in the locker room, he starts to pace back and forth. From the bench, you hear him the whole game. My friends sat behind the bench say to me: ‘yeah, your coach is crazy!’ That’s just how he is, he’s really passionate”. On the Velodrome atmosphere:“The supporters push you to be better.…