Laurent Blanc (55 years old) was a victim of the domino effect. In 2016, the European benches started dancing. This effect was started by Paris Saint Germain with the intention of taking Blanc off his bench, there, Unai Emery would end up and Jorge Sampaoli at Pizjuán. Blanc was waiting for unemployment, that if, with 22 million euros of severance pay for the club in the French capital.
When money is enough, as Maslow well explained in his famous pyramid system of needs, it is no longer the most important thing. Blanc left with a full portfolio and in search of a conversion to face a new opportunity that if it has not already arrived, perhaps it will never arrive, thus staying in the middle of the pyramid. In the absence of recognition and self-realization through the ball.
'Le President' was in the pools for Barcelona after the departure of Valverde, denied a posteriori by the club, and also sounded since he left Paris for him Valencia, Manchester United, Fiorentina, Betis, Olympique de Lyon, Sevilla, Inter, Roma, UD Las Palmas and even the North American team. Numerous benches he never sat on. At a point between resignation and hope, Blanc is not sure that his return to professional football is possible. “I want to train but the more time passes, the less I think about it. It is becoming more and more difficult for the coaches. Players are no longer valued for what they do but for what they generate financially. CWe buy for me and sell for 30 or 40. That's the way it is and you have to adapt. I find work increasingly difficult. More and more they ask the coaches to increase the value of the players but we, above all, are technicians, “said the coach in an interview with Telefoot.
Since 2016, everything has changed for Blanc. With a luxurious record in French football (four Leagues, two French Cups, four French League Cups and five French Super Cups), the 1998 World Champion did not find his place in professional football but, even so, wants to end his Mondays in the sun. “I am realistic, honest with myself and with others but I am not going to retire. It is not that I dream either. I am older, I see things and how they move now, how the world of football evolves”, explained about his feelings. These could change shortly.
Perseverance has led him to find a possible solution. Reviewing the path, Blanc values a return to the origin, to amateur football or even to training football. “There is a lot to do in amateur sport. They are suffering a lot and that is not good for our young people,” he says.
From managing the future of Cavani, Thiago Silva or Zlatan Ibrahimovic or their national team, to a return to base. Blanc has been on the station bench for more than five years in search of a destination and he barely looks at the track that the professional football train passes through. Alès's already thinks only of the future and although “he no longer believes in Santa Claus” he would not say no to a gift that he likes.