Jean-Michel Aulas

...not master tacticians, they are scoutmasters. Perhaps the best recent example is Olympique Lyonnais, who won seven straight titles in the French league under their chairman, Jean-Michel Aulas. It is not the coaches that have made OL...

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...at strugglers Racing Lens on Sunday. 'We must keep cool heads and try to analyse precisely what went wrong' said Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas, whose team are three points clear at the top. 'Making all this more dramatic than it is...

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...in retaining their shares beyond the expiry of this contract. Dein was replaced as G-14 chairman by Olympique Lyonnais chairman Jean-Michel Aulas the following month. In August 2007, David Dein sold his 9,072 shares (14.58%) in the...

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...(©Andrey Medinstev2007) Olympique Lyonnais president Jean-Michel Aulas has hailed his club's female team after they knocked out holders Arsenal LFC to reach the UEFA Women's Cup semi-finals at the first attempt. 'Exceptional spirit' The...

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...a two year presidency after leaving Arsenal . Aulas was elected president on 16 May 2007, after securing unanimous agreement from member clubs to the principle of expanding the G-14's membership. Aulas announced his intention to consider...

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...will try to sign the Barcelona striker this summer. Alerted to his dissatisfaction at having spent the majority of the season on the sidelines, Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas has picked Gudjohnsen as the perfect strike partner Karim Benzema.

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...» Jean-Michel Aulas has been president of Olympique Lyonnais for nearly a quarter of a century, during which time he has transformed the club from second division also-rans to seven times champions of France. Here the...

In this article: Lyon, Champions League, Claude Puel, Bernard Lacombe, Olympique Lyonnais, UEFA Champions League, Karim Benzema, RSC Anderlecht, and Real Madrid

On 25 May 2007, Houllier stepped down as boss of Olympique Lyonnais, due to a fractious relationship with outspoken chairman Jean-Michel Aulas, who was frustrated at the club's inability to convert domestic dominance into European success.

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...club of the decade, Olympique Lyonnais, as the hardest to deal with. "The methods used by Jean-Michel Aulas, the OL president, are the most sly," he says. Derrien, who stopped overseeing matches in Ligue 1 three seasons ago, tells a...

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