Italian coach in pole position to land Marseille job

Date: 10th August 2015 at 5:29pm
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Walter Mazzarri is set to be Olympique de Marseille’s new coach.

The 53-year old has been linked to other clubs such as Sunderland and Newcastle United however the former Inter coach is expected to succeed Marcelo Bielsa at the Stade Velodrome.

According to Sport Mediaset, Mazzarri is the name that has been chosen by the French club after the sudden departure of Bielsa who has been linked with taking over the Mexican national team.

Besides Mazzarri, Marseille have Luciano Spalletti in mind, however, getting the former Roma coach to join the club would be much more difficult.

Mazzarri was sacked by Inter in November 2014 after a string of poor results which after a successful spell at follow Italian side Napoli.

 

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