The former Bordeaux and Ivory Coast manager takes over following the exit of Gennaro Gattuso, whose sacking was announced on Tuesday morning after just 24 games in charge of Les Olympiens.
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The former AC Milan, Valencia and Napoli manager took over from Marcelino at the Orange Velodrome at the end of September, but has only masterminded nine wins over the past five months.
The Gabon international departs Stamford Bridge less than a year after initially being signed from Barcelona FC.
The 21-year-old striker has been making waves while on loan at Reims in France, where he is currently the league’s top scorer with 15 goals.
Mbappe, who played in PSG’s 1-0 Ligue 1 win over Marseille on Sunday, was said to have felt betrayed by the club hierarchy.
The 33-year-old Chilean left Italian side, Inter Milan, by mutual agreement earlier this week to join Marseille.
The energetic Foxes were stunned when Nicola Zalewski found space on the left to set up Roma captain Lorenzo Pellegrini for a 15th minute opener against the run of play.
All three goals were scored before half-time in a match that was far from being a classic between Ligue 1’s top two teams.
However, the former Gunners captain favours staying in Europe ahead of a lucrative move to the Middle East.
Nice were leading 1-0, but the game did not end. A week after a match in Montpellier was halted, after supporters also threw bottles onto the pitch, again against Marseille, French football experienced more trouble on the second weekend of the new season which has seen crowds return to stadiums after a year behind closed doors.
Sampaoli, a much-travelled Argentine, replaces Andre Villas-Boas who was suspended on February 2.
Villas-Boas claimed the Celtic midfielder, who joined on loan until the end of the season, was not a player he wanted and said he did not agree with the club’s “sporting policy”.
Sanson, 26, agreed a four-and-a-half year deal with the Premier League club, subject to international clearance.
Neymar was one of five players sent off during injury time at the end of Marseille’s 1-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain in the latter’s Ligue 1 return.
Marseille were set to play the 2020-21 season curtain-raiser against St Etienne last Friday, but the game was postponed to next month because of four confirmed cases of coronavirus.
Marseille was set to take on Saint-Etienne in the French top flight’s kick-off match on Friday.
Marseille manager Andre Villas-Boas is set to hand in his resignation after sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta left the club, according to reports.
The loan was money they would have received from television broadcasts, if the season had not been abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it said on Monday.
Two quickfire goals midway through the second half gave them the win after Nigerian international Victor Osimhen had given the hosts the lead
The former England striker has moved to Turkey after his Liverpool contract expired following six years at Anfield.