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Renard to the rescue? The Ivorians turn to a proven expert
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Reading Time: 1min | Thu. 25.01.24. | 23:50
The Elephant are courting the current coach of the France's national women's team
Widely-travelled French coach Herve Renard was Thursday primed to take charge of the Ivory Coast in a bid to rescue their faltering Africa Cup of Nations campaign.
The availability of the 55-year-old, who is currently in charge of France's national women's team, was being discussed by the two countries' respective football federations, AFP learned from a source close to the talks.
Renard enjoys great popularity in the Ivory Coast after leading the team to the 2015 African title.
🚨🇨🇮 Ivory Coast want to hire France women's manager Hervé Renard 'on loan' for the rest of their AFCON campaign, reports @lequipe. 👨🏫 pic.twitter.com/b71qKmlgXg
— EuroFoot (@eurofootcom) January 25, 2024
He also won the competition with Zambia in 2012 and has managed Morocco and Angola.
Hosts Ivory Coast squeezed into the last 16 of the ongoing Cup of Nations as a best third-placed team after a group stage saw them defeat Guinea-Bissau 2-0 before losing 1-0 to Nigeria and 4-0 to Equatorial Guinea.
Jean-Louis Gasset was sacked as coach on Wednesday due to the team's unconvincing form.
Ivory Coast face defending champions Senegal for a place in the quarter-finals on Monday.
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