Exclusive"A club remains an SME, even if it is media-oriented" (Fabrice Bocquet, ex-FC Lorient)

"A club remains an SME (small and medium-sized enterprise), even if it is media-oriented. This means that decision making must be fast and agile and that each individual within it can have an important impact. From an organisational point of view, I prefer organisations that limit the number of interactions at the time of the sporting decision, because you have to be very reactive," said Fabrice Bocquet, former managing director for FC Lorient (Ligue 1 Uber Eats) and author of the book "L'important c'est les trois points" ("The Important Thing Is The Three Points", Éditions Amphora, French sports book publisher), on 01/09/2022.

Fabrice Bocquet describes in his book the functioning of a professional football club through his experience of more than six years at the helm of the Breton club. "It was not a question of recounting my experience at FC Lorient as such, but rather of saying that there were a few operating principles that emerged from my daily life at the club and from my exchanges with colleagues in other clubs, and that there was not much literature on the subject,…