Johann Lepenan, FC Nantes’ new midfielder, shared a fun anecdote about Laurent Blanc during his time as coach of Olympique Lyonnais between 2022 and 2023. Lepenan, who met White during this period, remembers a moment that happened during a training session. The story tells that during an exercise, White loses the ball and finds himself in the middle of a group of other players, including Castello (Lukeba), Malo (Gusto) and Bradley (Barcola), who were in rotation.

As White fell to the ground, Lepenan made him a small bridge, causing a new fall and a mad laughter shared between the two men. Lepenan adds that he often remembers the sessions with Castello as a team from France, and that this anecdote is often evoked with fun. White, too, took the situation well and laughed at this unexpected situation.

Lepenan also stressed the humor of certain instructions repeated by White, which some players did not seem to understand. He concluded by paralleling similar situations that now occur in Nantes, showing some continuity in humor and the crazy situations that may occur in the world of football. This story was told in an interview with L’Equipe.

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