Philippe Guillemet, current director of the training center of ASSE, will be terminated at the end of the current season. The Loire club have already found their successor.
ASSE: Huard instead of Guillemet?
ASSE are reportedly looking for Philippe Guillemet’s replacement at the head of the Greens Academy. If we are to believe the information from Goal Football Club, Saint-Etienne decision-makers will not extend the 57-year technician’s lease. The source indicates that AS Saint-Étienne made a proposal to Laurent Huard to occupy the post of manager of the training center, following the end of Guillemet’s contract. And he would have accepted the offer of the Greens according to Evect, because this would allow him to put his experience acquired at Stade Rennes and Paris SG for the benefit of training in Forez. “He agreed to find a place of trainer that he knows well”, noted the website bringing together a community of ASSE Supporters.
Who is Laurent Huard?
Party of the PSG in June 2019, Laurent Huard had been the deputy of Ghislain Printant, before the latter’s dismissal and the arrival of Claude Puel in October 2019. Withdrawn from the technical staff of ASSE, the 47-year-old coach is currently technical manager of the training center, according to the organization chart of the Loire club, on its website. At Paris Saint Germain, he had been the coach of the reserve team (2015-2016), then coach of the U17s between 2016 and 2019. With this category, he obtained the title of champion of France in 2017. At Stade Rennes, the technical manager from the Stéphanois training center notably led the reserve and the U19s with whom he won the Gambardella Cup in 2008. Laurent Huard was also assistant coach of the professional group, with Pierre Dréossi (2006-2007).
When he arrived in Saint-Étienne, the Stéphanois had highlighted “his qualities as a trainer”. “With a great experience of professional football and training, Laurent Huard fits perfectly into the sporting project of ASSE “, Sainté commented. As a player, the former midfielder of the SRFC obviously wore the colors of Rennes (1990 to 1999), of CS Sedan-Ardennes (1999-2000) and of AS Saint-Étienne (2000-2002).
By ALEXIS