{"id":381975,"date":"2026-04-08T20:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T20:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/381975\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T20:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T20:25:08","slug":"i-refuse-to-work-under-these-conditions-ligue-1-coach-slams-club-board-as-he-announces-departure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/381975\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I refuse to work under these conditions!&#8217; &#8211; Ligue 1 coach slams club board as he announces departure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a candid interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ouest-france.fr\/sport\/football\/fc-lorient\/entretien-pourquoi-je-ne-prolongerai-pas-lentraineur-du-fc-lorient-olivier-pantaloni-explique-son-depart-a-venir-a26ae1f4-32a1-11f1-a95a-dc5691df1a8c\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\">Ouest-France<\/a>, Pantaloni confirmed his decision to walk away from the dugout. The former Ajaccio boss arrived in 2024 with the clear objective of securing promotion from Ligue 2, a feat the club have achieved immediately by returning to the top flight in 2025. However, success on the pitch has not translated into harmony behind the scenes. <\/p>\n<p>Opening up on his frustrations and the reason behind his imminent exit, the manager said: &#8220;There&#8217;s one main reason: the distrust shown by the management since I arrived. If we go back to the beginning, when I was told there would be a coaching change [in 2024], my agent put me in touch with the management. I had three video calls: with Arnaud Tanguy [CEO], Laurent Koscielny [sporting director], and with the president. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Afterwards, I learned I wasn&#8217;t the chosen coach. Laurent Abergel, who knew me, &#8220;insisted&#8221; with the president. Laurent [Abergel] took on a heavy responsibility, because it wasn&#8217;t easy, with the objective of an immediate return to Ligue 1. I had accepted the challenge, which was fantastic, because I felt capable of it. But I signed under these conditions, which clearly show there were many doubts about me, that the management wasn&#8217;t very sure of their choice.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a candid interview with Ouest-France, Pantaloni confirmed his decision to walk away from the dugout. The former&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,9460,182586,182587,105,9461],"class_list":{"0":"post-381975","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-ligue-1","11":"tag-lorient","12":"tag-o-pantaloni","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-transfers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}