NICE, France — Former Borussia Dortmund coach Lucien Favre was
appointed manager of Ligue 1 club Nice on Monday, replacing Christophe Galtier
who is in talks with Paris Saint-Germain.
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“Christophe
Galtier is no longer in charge of Nice’s first team,” Nice said in a statement.
Favre, the
64-year-old Swiss who has been without a club since he was released by Dortmund
in December 2020, supervised training as the Nice squad returned from a summer
break.
“Coming back is
special. I kept in contact with a lot of people. I was contacted by a club but
as soon as there was Nice, I said ‘I’m going there,’” Favre told a news
conference.
“What (club
owners) Ineos are doing is very interesting. What they want to continue
building is huge.”
“Over the next two
years Nice must progress, do good things in the transfer windows and finish
regularly in the top three. And even more.
“You have to tell
the truth, that’s the goal. In other sports, Ineos is number one.”
Favre spent two
years as coach of Nice between 2016 and 2018, guiding the club to a third-place
finish in his first season and the qualifying rounds of the Champions League.
“I am absolutely
delighted that Lucien Favre is joining us,” said Jim Ratcliffe, the British
billionaire chairman of Ineos.
“He is an
experienced coach who has been successful in the Bundesliga and also here at
Nice. He has earned respect and admiration everywhere.”
PSG president
Nasser Al-Khelaifi confirmed last week the Qatari-owned club were in
discussions with Galtier about taking over from Mauricio Pochettino.
Al-Khelaifi denied
the club had been in touch with Zinedine Zidane.
“I don’t want to
get into details but we more or less know where Christophe is going. They still
have some small things to sort out,” said Nice president Jean-Pierre Rivere.
“I wish him the
best season possible. It’s of course a superb opportunity for him.”
Galtier won the
French league title with Lille in 2021 before leaving for Nice, leading the
south coast club to fifth place last season.
Rivere also
confirmed that football director Julien Fournier would be leaving Nice.
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