Rolland Courbis is set to be unveiled as Jean Fernandez s successor at Montpellier on Monday.
The Ligue 1 club have moved quickly to replace Fernandez, who stood down following Wednesday s 2-0 loss to Lorient, with a man who coached them between 2007 and 2009.
Rolland Courbis is to join the club on Monday, Montpellier announced on their official website on Saturday.
He is expected to commit for a period of two and a half years. More details will be coming on Monday.
Courbis secured promotion to the French top flight in his last spell with the club, having also had spells with Bordeaux, Lens and Marseille, among others.
In 2009, the 60-year-old was handed a prison sentence for his involvement in financial irregularities relating to his time at Marseille
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Tottenham s backroom overhaul continues after Les Ferdinand and Chris Ramsey left their coaching roles at the Premier League club.
Ferdinand enjoyed a six-year spell as a player at the club and returned in a coaching capacity in 2008, while Ramsey was initially appointed to work with Tottenham s academy in 2004.
The duo had worked with the first team under previous head coach Tim Sherwood, who himself made the step up internally to replace Andre Villas-Boas at White Hart Lane last December.
However, Sherwood departed at the end of last season and Mauricio Pochettino was subsequently handed the reins last month.
The Argentinian has brought assistant manager Jesus Perez and first-team coach Miguel D Agostino to north London, the duo having worked for him at…
Jose Mourinho believes Manchester United must retain players of David de Gea s calibre to preserve their identity as one of the world s leading clubs.
Spain goalkeeper De Gea is out of contract at the end of the season, but United are expected to announce they have triggered their option for a one-year extension.
The 28-year-old, who was close to joining Real Madrid in 2015, continues to be the subject of transfer speculation, with Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus credited with an interest.
Mourinho is adamant De Gea wants to stay at Old Trafford and believes it is a mere formality for United, who sit seventh in the Premier League, to tie down one of their most prized assets.
He wants to stay, of course. I want him to stay, he s the level of player M…
Sam Allardyce says Everton s players are fully aware of how to behave on social media, as the club waits to discover whether Mason Holgate will be punished by the Football Association for making alleged homophobic comments on social media several years ago.
The FA is aware of a series of now-deleted tweets, containing offensive language, that appeared on Holgate s verified Twitter account in 2012 and 2013 when the defender was a teenager.
It remains to be seen whether action will be taken against the 21-year-old, whose tweets emerged following last Friday s FA Cup third-round defeat to Liverpool. Holgate was involved in a furious row with Roberto Firmino in that match and the FA have launched an investigation after confirming referee Bobby Madley was made aware of an all…
Genk s Maarten Vandevoordt became the youngest goalkeeper in Champions League history after starting against Napoli on Tuesday.
Vandevoordt made his first start of the First Division A season and produced a man-of-the-match display in Saturday s 2-1 win at Cercle Brugge, adding to a pair of Belgian Cup appearances.
The Belgium youth international, who is 17 years and 287 days old, retained his place ahead of Gaetan Coucke for the trip to Stadio San Paolo.
Costly blunders in 4-1 and 2-1 defeats to Salzburg and Sint-Truiden respectively saw Coucke dropped at the end of November, with Vandevoordt coming into the team for the Belgian Cup trip to Royal Antwerp.
17 Maarten Vandevoordt (17 years, 287 days) is set to become the youngest goalkeeper in Champions Le…
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Arsenal travel to Azerbaijan for their Europa League clash against Qarabag on Thursday. The Gunners are coming off from a series of good results and will be keen to extend the streak in their midweek challenge.
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Azerbaijan side Qarabag has become a European mainstay over the past couple of seasons after first making it past the qualifiers of an international competition back in the 2014/15 season. They do not have a record to be proud of, however, winning only once in 12 home attempts against opposition from the upper echelons of Europe’s football.
Qarabag have thus far played four matches against an English side, losing all of them. They have conceded 14 goals during that time, str…
Bayern Munich head coach Jupp Heynckes has dismissed concerns of a curse for his side when it comes to facing Spanish teams in the Champions League.
The Bundesliga leaders face Sevilla in the quarter-final first leg on Tuesday, looking to end a run of four defeats in four years to LaLiga sides in the knockout phase.
After winning the treble under Heynckes in 2012-13, Bayern were beaten at the semi-final stage by Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid under Pep Guardiola, before losing to Los Blancos in last season s quarters.
But Heynckes pointed to successes in 2012 and 2013 as proof that no past defeats should have any bearing on the tie with Vincenzo Montella s side.
He told a news conference: In 2012, Bayern went to Real Madrid and knocked them o…
Casemiro has urged Real Madrid fans to stop targeting Gareth Bale as when you whistle a player like that, you re whistling the history of this club .
Bale was whistled at by Los Blancos supporters when he came on as a substitute in a 2-0 LaLiga win over Getafe at Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday.
The forward has only played five games for the leaders in the Spanish top flight this season and Madrid fans were not impressed when he declared himself unfit for a Clasico hammering against Barcelona last month, before inspiring Wales to a World Cup play-off win over Austria four days later.
Bale has won the Champions League four times and LaLiga twice since arriving in the Spanish capital nine years ago, but his relationship with Madrid fans has soured.
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With the final round of Premier League fixtures before heading into the international break, we have a stacked weekend schedule from across England. On that note, for those of you looking to stick on a Saturday acca, we have found a handful of helpful tips that are worth keeping an eye out for.
Saturday August 28th
BST 15:00 West Ham vs Crystal Palace
Starting with Saturday s hosts, only laying down another marker earlier in the week and gaining a string of plaudits, West Ham should find the mood in their camp at a red-hot high. Last seen on Monday night picking up a thumping 4-1 romp when Leicester came to the London Stadium, David Moyes men have opened the 2021/22 campaign with back-to-back wins. Continuing to build off of their Europa League finish last sea…
Chris Smalling has revealed that he would be open to staying with AS Roma after his loan from Manchester United expires.
Speaking to BBC, the defender said his plan was all along to contribute to the Serie A team as much as possible during his temporary stay in the Italian capital and hope for discussions over a permanent deal to take place. Roma have reportedly been trying to reach an agreement with his parent club, but they haven t had much success so far.
Both Smalling and Roma will be aware of United having a strong hand in any talks given that the contract between the 29-year-old and the 20-time English champions runs until the summer of 2022. Further more, the club have the option of extending the bond for further 12 moths, so they are certainly not in a hurry to …