Thursday, May 2, 2013

Football coach Jean Fernandez will leave Nancy

NANCY (Reuters) - Coach of AS Nancy-Lorraine, Jean Fernandez, is leaving his position in the formation of Ligue 1, it was learned Thursday from his entourage .

Jean Fernandez, 58, arrived in Lorraine in June 2011 to replace Pablo Correa, who had spent eight and a half seasons on the sidelines of the club he had managed to make back in Ligue 1 before winning a Cup the League 2006.

ASNL President, Jacques Rousselot, announced a week ago that the technician under contract until 2015 would coach the first team unless he decided to end his engagement.

His imminent departure took some short players, such as midfielder Romain Grange, 11 matches this saison.

"I was quite surprised because I was not with the group this morning (...) I arrived in the locker room, I was told that the coach part," he told Reuters. "It's quite a shame for the club and for us."

Among the names

returning to replace Jean Fernandez, Pablo Correa, his predecessor and former striker of the club, is like favori.

AS Nancy-Lorraine, red lantern in Ligue 1 with eight points behind the first non-relegation, Evian, has won only one league game during the phase go, the first at home against Brest (1-0) 11 août.

Dimitri Rahmelow, edited by Gilles and Olivier Guillemain Trequesser

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