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Mark Rodden 8y

Nice name Lucien Favre to replace Claudio Puel as coach

Nice have announced the departure of manager Claude Puel after four seasons at the club and have named Lucien Favre as their new coach on a three-year deal.

Favre will be presented to the media on Wednesday. The former Borussia Monchengladbach coach had earlier been reported to be a target to manage Everton, after the Premier League club parted company with Roberto Martinez.

Puel met with the Nice hierarchy on Tuesday to discuss a two-year contract extension, but they failed to agree terms and a decision was made to part company.

The 54-year-old led the club to fourth in Ligue 1 this season, missing out on a Champions League place by just two points to Monaco.

A statement on the official Nice website read: "We had planned to see each other once the exercise was completed. With a cool head and clear ideas to take stock and discuss the future. At the end of this turn of rich and constructive horizon, we took, by common consent, the decision not to continue working.

"Our common history ends today with deep respect, and with job satisfaction. We lived four seasons of intense emotions, and took considerable pleasure to jointly develop the sports project requiring OGC Nice.

"We are so grateful for each other, this great human and sporting adventure that began in 2012.

"While a page is turned, the direction of OGC Nice and Claude Puel, true to their ambitions, wish the best for the future."

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