Grumpy day at the office Olympiacos. A few hours after confirming the appointment of the former footballer Darko Kovacevic as the new sports director, the Greek club will make official the arrival of Jose Luis Mendilibar on the bench, as stated’Convenience‘.
Biscayan, who will be 63 in March, will take over Carlos Carvalhalwith past in Celticand will be the third coach of Olympiacos during this period, after Portuguese and also Spanish Diego Martínezstopped in December.
Mendilibarwho will have his first experience as a coach abroad, has been unemployed since December 2023, when he left the Seville. “My time with you was short but we’ll agree it was intense.” This is how Zaldibar defined his journey with the Seville team, which he saved from the hell of the Second Division last season and where he was crowned champion of the Europa League.
Despite this, results prevailed and just five months after achieving glory in Budapest, won on penalties (1-1, 4-1) against Rome of Jose Mourinhohe stopped being the coach of Seville.
Iborra, Jovetic, El Arabi…
In Greece, Mendilibar will meet a team that is fourth, nine points behind the leader PAOK and where other old acquaintances of our football are active, such as Vicente Iborra, Stefan Jovetic, Youssef El Arabi either Ruben Vezoincorporated last week from I raised.
Source: La Verdad
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