RC Lens is looking for a new coach after Pierre Sage's departure for Crystal Palace. The club must find a new coach quickly to prepare for the Champions League season. Two names stand out: Olivier Pantaloni and Patrick Videira. Olivier Pantaloni is a former FC Lorient coach who led his team to promotion to Ligue 1 and a quiet maintenance. He offers a reassuring profile for the championship codes. Patrick Videira, on the other hand, is an audacious coach who led the Mans to two consecutive promotions in National 3. He is capable of propelling a team upwards. The Videira file is complicated because he has been coaching the AS Furiani-Agliani for six years, a club whose president is Jean-Louis Leca, the sports director of RC Lens. The link exists therefore. The future coach will have to work with Yannick Cahuzac, who is due to join the staff as an assistant coach for the 2026-2027 season, with the idea of becoming the boss in the medium term. Accepting to be a stepping stone towards a successor already designated? All confirmed coaches are not disposed. The file does not limit itself to this duo. The name of Sébastien Pocognoli has circulated, as well as that of Alexandre Dujeux, free after his passage to Angers. The management is casting a wide net, not wanting to rush. RC Lens cannot afford to leave things hanging. The Leca-Parrot tandem, already in charge during the agitated summers past, will have to make a decision quickly. Security or audacity? Pantaloni or Videira? The match is on, and the final choice will reveal a lot about the real ambitions of the Artésian project.