Valérien Ismaël is set to replace Didier Digard as Le Havre head coach, according to L’Équipe.
The 51-year-old will make his managerial debut in France following numerous spells abroad. In February, the former France U21 international centre-back departed EFL Championship side Blackburn Rovers by mutual consent with the Rovers sitting in the relegation zone. Ismaël notably managed clubs in Germany, Greece, Austria, and Türkiye during his career.
Le Havre entered a period of internal turmoil following a disastrous start to the Ligue 1 season. The bottom-placed Normans remain winless after recording two draws and eight losses in the first-tier campaign, leaving the club in deep sporting disarray.
The club’s owners—Blue Crow Sports Group—decided to sack Digard on October 31st, going against the decision of club president Jean-Michel Roussier. Following the dismissal, Roussier handed in his resignation, and Sporting Director Demba Ba followed suit, according to Bastien Cheval via GFFN.
Coaching Career Abroad
Free since his departure from Blackburn Rovers in February, Ismaël will discover the French championship as a coach after building most of his career overseas. As a player, his career featured spells at Bayern Munich, Strasbourg, Lens, and Crystal Palace between 1994 and 2009.
He began his coaching career in 2014. Since then, Ismaël has coached 1. FC Nürnberg and VfL Wolfsburg in Germany, Apollon Smyrnis in Greece, LASK in Austria, Beşiktaş in Turkey, and Barnsley FC, West Bromwich Albion, Watford FC, and Blackburn Rovers in England.
His immediate task at Le Havre involves steering the club out of the relegation zone as quickly as possible. The Norman club’s management has pursued his profile to stabilize a squad struggling at the foot of the table.
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