Unstoppable, insatiable, inexhaustible. “A workaholic,” says Alain Giresse. Serving as right-hand man to Habib Beye at OM today, SÃbastien Bichard (42 years old) was once the right-hand man to the legendary playmaker in Kosovo (2022-23). With the Dardanians, “Gigi” quickly understood. Understood that the man from Berry was not just any assistant.
“From breakfast, he had his nose in his computer preparing the sessions. When we were in the office, not during team meetings, he wouldn’t stop: ‘Have you seen this, and also this? It would be great to try it out!’ Sometimes I had to slow him down: ‘Hey… can you let me sleep a little? We have time for all that,’ reminisces the 1984 European champion. He has such a desire to succeed, to improve, that he never stops. With him, nothing is left to chance…“
A former defender trained at Châteauroux, whose career got bogged down in obscure Swiss divisions while juggling his job as an insurance agent, Bichard could not move on from football, the sport that consumes him, by hanging up his cleats if not (31 years old). “I have rarely seen such determination. For others, football is important… up to a certain point. SÃbastien, …
