{"id":111947,"date":"2025-05-18T14:52:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T14:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/111947\/"},"modified":"2025-05-18T14:52:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T14:52:11","slug":"will-still-quits-as-lens-boss-to-return-to-england-and-could-take-efl-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/111947\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Still quits as Lens boss to return to England and could take EFL job"},"content":{"rendered":"

Will Still has resigned as RC Lens boss to return to England.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Still, who led Lens to an eighth place finish in Ligue 1<\/a>, said he wants to be closer to his partner Emma Saunders.<\/p>\n

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Still has stepped down as Lens managerCredit: AFP<\/p>\n

Sky Sports presenter Saunders has been battling a number of health issues over the last year.<\/p>\n

She was being treated for thyroid cancer and is also recovering from a brain infection called encephalitis.<\/p>\n

He said: “I won’t be the coach of RC Lens\u00a0next\u00a0season.<\/p>\n

“It was the last season at Bollaert, for multiple reasons.<\/p>\n

“The main reason that pushed me to make this decision is the fact that I need to go home.<\/p>\n

“Everyone is well aware of what happened in my life. That’s why.<\/p>\n

“I had a lot of fun, I think we achieved great things despite everything. I’ve been in\u00a0France\u00a0for four years, four years that I’ve experienced intense moments.<\/p>\n

“The logical choice is that I get closer to my wife for her well-being too.”<\/p>\n

Saunders attended Lens’ final game of the Ligue 1 season, which they won 4-0 against Monaco.<\/p>\n

She shared a picture of her and Still on the pitch following the game.<\/p>\n

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Saunders attended Still’s final game at LensCredit: Instagram\"Emma<\/a><\/p>\n

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Emma Saunders and Will Still have had a tough time away from footballCredit: Instagram \/ @wrstill<\/p>\n

Fans have previously shown their support<\/a> for Saunders with a banner that read ‘Courage Emma et Will’.<\/p>\n

Still will return to England and could immediately take a job in the EFL.<\/p>\n

He is on Southampton’s list as candidates<\/a> to take over this summer following their relegation from the Premier League.<\/p>\n

The Saints crashed back down to the Championship, having taken just 12 points in 36 games this season.<\/p>\n

Still made a name for himself as Reims manager when he was just 30 years of age.<\/p>\n

He did not even have his UEFA pro licence, which cost the club \u00a322,000 per match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Will Still has resigned as RC Lens boss to return to England. Still, who led Lens to an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5008],"tags":[748,9030,23712,393,4884,50817,7068,2359,16,15,50816],"class_list":{"0":"post-111947","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-england","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-championship","10":"tag-efl","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-lens","14":"tag-ligue-1","15":"tag-southampton","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-will-still"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114529406000178800","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}