Marcelino named as new coach at Marseille

(FILES) Spanish coach Marcelino Garcia Toral looks on during the Spanish League football match between Celta Vigo and Valencia at the Balaidos stadium in Madrid on August 24, 2019. Photo: AFP

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French giants Marseille on Friday unveiled Marcelino as their new coach to replace Igor Tudor who quit after just one season in charge.

Former Athletic Bilbao coach Marcelino will take charge of training for the first time next month with a Champions League preliminary round tie to play on August 8/9.

"The arrival of Marcelino is part of the desire to give continuity to the club's project," said Javier Ribalta, Marseille's director of football.

"His experience will also be a considerable asset to strengthen the work undertaken last season."

Marcelino had been out of work since leaving Bilbao in June 2022.

He has also worked with Sevilla, Villarreal and Valencia where he won the Spanish Cup in 2019.

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Marseille announces agreement in principle with Alexis Sanchez

 

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The French club Marseille announced that it had reached an agreement with Chilean Alexis Sanchez to join its ranks.

And Marseille published, through its official account on the social networking site "Twitter", that it had reached an agreement in principle to transfer Sanchez to its ranks.

Sanchez is 33 years old and has played for Udinese, Barcelona, Arsenal and Manchester United before moving to Inter, where he played 109 games in all competitions, scoring 20 goals and awarding 23 assists.