Africa Cup of Nations: Ivory Coast wanted to loan France women’s coach Renard

Report on lack of agreement

Ivory Coast, hosts of the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations, parted ways with coach Jean-Louis Gasset on Wednesday due to “inadequate results” in the group stage. The sub-optimal tournament was not yet over for the “elephants” because they were able to reach the round of 16 as one of the best third-place teams in the group – which ultimately worked. According to information from “L’Equipe“A curiosity now arises.

According to the French sports daily, they want to strengthen themselves (at least) for the round of 16 duel against Senegal next Monday (9 p.m.) with Hervé Renard, an old acquaintance, on the sidelines. The 55-year-old is to be “loaned” until the end of the Africa Cup of Nations – after all, the Frenchman has been training the French women’s national team since March 2023 and is expected to lead them at the 2024 Olympics. In order to implement the plan with Renard, the Ivorians need the approval of the French association, it is said.

Update 9:16 p.m.: According to the newspaper “Le FigaroRenard’s commitment has been completed. No agreement could therefore be reached between the Ivorian and French associations.

That’s why we contacted him. Time is running out, after all the next game against the defending champions is on Monday. Renard should provide an extraordinary initial spark for the Ivory Coast. Before his involvement with the French women, the coach was responsible for the national teams of Saudi Arabia and Morocco, among others. He has already won the Africa Cup of Nations twice with Ivory Coast (2015) and Zambia (2012).

The “Elephants”, who are the second most valuable team in the tournament with a squad value of 335 million euros, were embarrassed on the third match day with a 4-0 defeat against Equatorial Guinea (squad value: 10 million euros). Emerse Faé, the Ivorian U23 coach, took over as interim coach.

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