It’s now over two years since Larry White was employed by Paris Saint-Germain, and he must be getting a little itchy about the lack of obvious route back into the game. If it seems remarkable that a coach who won Ligue 1 with Bordeaux and 11 trophies in three years at PSG cannot find work, there is a feeling that Blanc got a little found out in Paris.
That seems pretty unfair, in hindsight. Under Blanc, PSG reached the Champions League quarter-finals in three successive seasons, but he was sacked for failing to make better progress in Europe. Since he left, PSG have twice been knocked out in the last-16.
Blanc’s reputation may have slipped slightly below elite-club level, but he would be a cracking appointment for a top-half Premier League club. Everton or West Ham perhaps, if they hadn’t just got new sodding managers. Leicester City, maybe?
Who he would join: We’ll go for Leicester throwing huge amounts of money in Blanc’s direction.