Found these comments from Lamouchi from a French interview.
Former coach of Ivory Coast then coach of Rennes, Sabri Lamouchi flourishes on the bench of Nottingham Forrest (D2 English) in June 2019. In a portrait dedicated by the Team, he explains how he joined this legendary club English.
Sabri Lamouchi really enjoyed the holidays. Not at the table but on the ground. The former French coach has indeed won two very precious championship victories with Nottingham Forest in Hull City (0-2) during Boxing Day (December 26) and then against Wigan (1-0), Sunday. Six points that allow his team, 5th in the Championship (D2 English), to stay in the nails to compete in the play-offs in the Premier League next summer. A great success for the former Rennes coach, dismissed by the Breton club in December 2018.
A year later, he tells his new adventure in this legendary English club, winner of two cups of champion clubs in 1979, then 1980 under the leadership of the legendary Brian Clough. In a portrait of L'Equipe, the former French international midfielder tells how he landed in this city.
Thanks to Mendes, Mourinho and Drogba
"All my career, I made it without agent, by talking directly with the presidents, underlines the technician of 49 years. Except in Forest: it is Jorge Mendes who took care of me. He imposed me on leaders who had approached me a year ago already, I met him in Madrid when I was invited by José Mourinho to spend a week, through Didier Drogba, and we got on well. It's a sincere friendship, because he doesn't need me. "
Lamouchi therefore got what he was looking for. "After Rennes, I asked myself what I wanted, he added. And what I wanted was to train in England, in the same way as twenty years ago, I wanted to play in Italy. " There is still a long way to go to reach the Premier League play-offs. There are still 19 games left in a championship where the first two are promoted directly while teams ranked from 3rd to 6th place compete for a play-off for last place in the English elite. After 25 games, only four points separate the 4 from the 13th.
Former coach of Ivory Coast then coach of Rennes, Sabri Lamouchi flourishes on the bench of Nottingham Forrest (D2 English) in June 2019. In a portrait dedicated by the Team, he explains how he joined this legendary club English.
Sabri Lamouchi really enjoyed the holidays. Not at the table but on the ground. The former French coach has indeed won two very precious championship victories with Nottingham Forest in Hull City (0-2) during Boxing Day (December 26) and then against Wigan (1-0), Sunday. Six points that allow his team, 5th in the Championship (D2 English), to stay in the nails to compete in the play-offs in the Premier League next summer. A great success for the former Rennes coach, dismissed by the Breton club in December 2018.
A year later, he tells his new adventure in this legendary English club, winner of two cups of champion clubs in 1979, then 1980 under the leadership of the legendary Brian Clough. In a portrait of L'Equipe, the former French international midfielder tells how he landed in this city.
Thanks to Mendes, Mourinho and Drogba
"All my career, I made it without agent, by talking directly with the presidents, underlines the technician of 49 years. Except in Forest: it is Jorge Mendes who took care of me. He imposed me on leaders who had approached me a year ago already, I met him in Madrid when I was invited by José Mourinho to spend a week, through Didier Drogba, and we got on well. It's a sincere friendship, because he doesn't need me. "
Lamouchi therefore got what he was looking for. "After Rennes, I asked myself what I wanted, he added. And what I wanted was to train in England, in the same way as twenty years ago, I wanted to play in Italy. " There is still a long way to go to reach the Premier League play-offs. There are still 19 games left in a championship where the first two are promoted directly while teams ranked from 3rd to 6th place compete for a play-off for last place in the English elite. After 25 games, only four points separate the 4 from the 13th.
