MARSEILLE appoint Garcia

Olympique de Marseille have named Rudi Garcia as their new coach on Thursday and is set to go straigh to managing the team. The 52-year-old will replace Franck Passi who was in charge on an interim basis since Michel was fired in April.

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They are in 12th place in the Ligue 1 table with three wins, three draws and three defeats from nine games with Garcia charged with the task of salvaging their season. Club owner Frank McCourt said:

"When I met Rudi, the first thing he told me was that he wanted to win the Champions League, I immediately knew that he would be the right man to coach Olympique Marseille. Rudi is a man with great character, with a lot of energy." 

Garcia, a former midfielder, has previously coached St Etienne, Dijon, Le Mans and Lille, winning Ligue 1 with the latter in 2010-11.He led Roma to two second place finishes in Serie A in as many full seasons in charge, although they never really challenged the dominance of Juventus.

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