10 Things Aston Villa Fans Need To Know About Remi Garde

6. He Believes In Youth

While Lyon sold a lot of their key players for a large amount of profit, Remi Garde was not given the finances to replace them like-for-like. The Frenchman managed to maintain the club's form by integrating the OL youth players into the first team as well as scouting the best young talent around Ligue 1. Players such as Maxime Gonalons (who is now captain), Samuel Umiti, Clement Grenier and Alexandre Lacazette were brought into the first team squad. These four players are now integral to the Lyon side, under manager Hubert Fournier, and it would be no surprise if Fournier (or whoever may come in after him) has a similar job to Garde when the club again decides to sell a large quantity of players. It's not an easy task...