Marseille supervisor Gennaro Gattuso has been sacked after 5 months in cost, an individual with direct data of the choice advised The Related Press on Monday.
Jean-Louis Gasset, the previous Paris Saint-Germain assistant coach who left Ivory Coast throughout the Africa Cup of Nations, will take cost of Marseille till the tip of the season, a supply advised ESPN.
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Gattuso was fired a day after Marseille misplaced 1-0 to 10-man Brest within the league, a end result that dented the membership’s hopes of qualifying for a European competitors subsequent season.
“We have hit all-time low,” Gattuso advised a postmatch information convention after Sunday’s defeat. “Whenever you hit all-time low, you must take duty. It is my duty. There’s nothing else to say. The desk? The reality is that we’ll have to start out trying behind us. We will now not talk about Europe. We simply have to take the mandatory factors to be calm within the standings.”
Marseille and Gattuso have now began a authorized continuing to half methods and the membership is actively on the lookout for a alternative, in line with the individual, who spoke on situation of anonymity as a result of Gattuso’s departure has not been introduced by the membership.
Marseille are ninth within the standings after 22 matches, trailing leaders PSG by 23 factors.
Info from ESPN’s Julien Laurens was used on this report.