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Just a day after winning the French championship for the fourth consecutive time, Paul Le Guen resigned from his position as head coach.
"I have decided not to renew my contract with Lyon," Le Guen said at a press conference on Monday. "I was offered to stay for another three years, but I declined."
The 41-year-old Frenchman took over the reins at Lyon in 2002, when Jacques Santini became the coach of the French national team.
Since then, under P. Le Guen's guidance, Lyon players have become French champions three times in a row (and once under J. Santini).
During the press conference, the coach expressed pride in his achievements with Lyon, thanked the club president, staff, and players for "three fantastic years", and stated that he currently has no future plans. "I only know one thing - I am definitely not tired of football yet," said the intelligent P. Le Guen.
The coach's resignation was not a complete surprise to the team: the players had already known that P. Le Guen might make this decision, and the team's goalkeeper, Gregory Coupet, even wrote a petition asking Le Guen to stay.
