Eric Abidal retired from playing football in 2014.
Lyon president Jean Michel-Aulas says the club tried to bring in former Barcelona left-back Eric Abidal to back support fresh manager Bruno Genesio.
Genesio was section of Hubert Fournier's backroom staff this season but on Christmas Eve he was named as his replacement following Lyon's poor first half of the campaign.
At a news conference on Monday,Aulas said he had thought "long and tough" before deciding to replace Fournier, who led Lyon to a second-placed finish in Ligue 1 last season.
Genesio has...
Source: espnfc.com