Yannick Cahuzac replaced Dino Toppmoller as RC Lens manager back in September. The Frenchman was promoted from his role as an assistant. It was a promotion that was met with a degree of scepticism, given his friendship with sporting director Jean-Louis Léca, although Cahuzac had already started to create a reputation as one of the more promising budding managers in France, despite never holding the position of first-team coach. He was lauded for his time at FC Lorient, where he was an assistant to Olivier Pantaloni.

It hasn’t gone to plan for Cahuzac or for Lens since the managerial change. The Corsican has lost all three of his UEFA Champions League games and the defeat to Como 1907 in midweek (1-9) was the joint-heaviest in UCL history and the heaviest home defeat. Prior to that, Les Sang et Or lost to Lille OSC and then, looking to get back on track, succumbed to a 2-1 defeat at home to Olympique de Marseille on Sunday night. He now has just nine points from his six games in Ligue 1.

However, he is “not worried” about his job, as he told Ligue 1 Plus. “My priority is this group of players, my squad, allowing them to rediscover confidence. That is my objective. My case doesn’t feature in my priorities,” he added.