Rudi Garcia To Resign As Marseille Coach

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 20, 2019 Olympique de Marseille’s French head coach Rudi Garcia looks on during the French L1 football match between Caen (SMC) and Marseille (OM), at the Michel d’Ornano stadium, in the northwestern city of Caen. Rudi Garcia will step down as coach of Marseille at the end of the Ligue 1 season after the French giants failed to qualify for European football next term. “I’ve decided to leave. I put forth this solution to my president who accepted it,” Garcia said on May 22, 2019 at a press conference, two days ahead of Marseille’s final game of the season against Montpellier. CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP
Olympique de Marseille’s French head coach Rudi Garcia looks on during the French L1 football match between Caen (SMC) and Marseille (OM), at the Michel d’Ornano stadium, in the northwestern city of Caen.  CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP

 

Rudi Garcia will step down as Marseille coach following this weekend’s final round of Ligue 1 matches after the French giants failed to qualify for European football next season.

“I’ve decided to leave. I put forth this solution to my president who accepted it,” Garcia said at a press conference Wednesday, sat alongside Marseille chief Jacques-Henri Eyraud.

The 55-year-old Garcia was appointed coach in October 2016 with the mandate of leading Marseille back into the Champions League, shortly after the club’s takeover by American tycoon Frank McCourt.

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He extended his deal last October until 2021, but Garcia will leave the Velodrome with two years remaining on his contract after missing out on a top-three finish.

Marseille are in sixth place, 11 points adrift of the Champions League places, going into Friday’s final game of the season against fifth-placed Montpellier.

“Rudi is a great coach and a man of great quality,” said Eyraud, who dismissed reports of an eight-figure payout for Garcia and his assistants.

AFP