Lorient does not give in, Nice chooses a De Zerbi bis

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By: Manu Tournoux

Lorient does not give in, Nice chooses a De Zerbi bis

Still without a coach, OGC Nice is close to getting out of the tunnel. While the Aiglons were targeting Régis Le Bris from Lorient, they finally decided to hire a foreign coach. It will be an Italian, former assistant to the renowned Roberto De Zerbi.

In the group of French clubs without a coach, OGC Nice should soon join OM. The Riviera club is approaching the goal and will appoint its new coach by the end of June. After Didier Digard’s 6-month interim, the OGCN still wants to bet on a young technician. Régis Le Bris was the priority of the Aiglons but FC Lorient never wanted to give up their successful coach. A scenario close to that of the summer of 2021 when Nice had to wait until July to recover Christophe Galtier in Lille and, against a small check in passing. Nice does not want to do this again, even if it means opening up its horizons.

Francesco Farioli, close to being the coach of Nice

The leaders of OGC Nice have looked into a foreign coach. If the Belgian Karel Geraerts (ex-Union Saint-Gilloise) held the rope recently, it is finally the Italian Francesco Farioli (34 years old) who is on pole for the position according to the daily Le Parisien. The young technician comes out of two experiences in Türkiye at Karagümrük then Alanyaspor. Just before, his career had started in Sassuolo, in Serie A, as a goalkeeper coach in the staff of Roberto de Zerbi. The current Brighton coach, highly rated in Europe, had pushed for him to join his team. Enough to make the people of Nice salivate as revealed by Le Parisien.

” The ambition of the Aiglons was to find a rather young coach, with attractive game ideas to succeed Didier Digard. A profile validated by the Nice board which hopes to finalize the operation for a possible presentation at the beginning of next week. Francesco Farioli remains an unknown coach in France, but he quickly convinced management with his speech. Spotted by Roberto De Zerbi, he went from goalkeeping coach at Sassuolo to head coach of Karagümrük in the Super Lig (Turkey) to earn a serious rating in the coaching market in recent months “, Indicates the Ile-de-France daily about Farioli, with a few details close to signing in Nice. A young, innovative profile, perfectly in the DNA desired by INEOS for Nice. It remains to be seen whether Francesco Farioli will adapt to Ligue 1, a championship that is sometimes more complex than it seems.

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