Lyon’s Joe Montemurro: ‘It’s right to make the best team in the world an entertaining one’
In an exclusive interview, the former Arsenal and Juventus manager talks about style and the challenge of coming into a hugely successful side
The new Lyon manager, Joe Montemurro, is searching for the perfect marriage of style and resilience – building the type of team that wins beautifully but has an ability to make something happen if that beauty isn’t happening.
“That’s what instilling a style is all about,” he says from Lyon’s training ground just under two months since he was announced as the replacement for Chelsea-bound Sonia Bompastor. “If we just do our base principles within the style well, we will be able to find the way, because in that you’ve got to leave room for the talent and the excellence of the player.