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.
“Christophe Galtier is no longer in charge of OGC 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.
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.
Galtier won the French league title with Lille in 2021 before leaving for Nice, leading the south coast club to fifth place last season.
I’ve no problem with the 23 players selected. I do have an issue with some of the logic applied by O’Neill. Keane and Arter are both injured. Keane is given tne benefit of the doubt, even with the proviso that he might not be available for the Sweden match and can’t play for 90 minutes. Arter is sent back to his club despite tne possibility of being fit in ten days and available for every match. Westwood is picked, rightly, but not played at all during the recent games. Doyle, fit, is told to stay at home and not bother travelling over for the Belarus match, even when it was known there is a question mark over Keane.
Delighted Paul McShane didn’t get a last minute invite. Looking forward to the games. COYBIG