Paris Saint-Germain are near appointing Fabrice Abriel as the brand new head coach of their girls’s staff.
Abriel left fellow Division 1 Female facet FC Fleury 91 on the finish of final season having spent the earlier three years there.
There are nonetheless some particulars but to be finalised — together with an settlement with Fleury — however Abriel is the agency favorite to switch Jocelyn Precheur, who left PSG upon the expiration of his contract to hitch Michele Kang’s London Metropolis Lionesses within the Ladies’s Championship, the second tier of English soccer.
A Fleury membership assertion following Abriel’s exit mentioned he has “determined to offer a brand new path to his teaching profession”.
Abriel guided Fleury to 2 fourth-place league finishes and fifth place final season. His facet had been finalists in final season’s French Cup, struggling a 1-0 defeat towards PSG after beating Lyon within the semi-final on penalties.
The 44-year-old, who was introduced up a stone’s throw away from PSG’s former coaching floor, Camp des Loges, and was a ball boy at their video games, spent 13 years at PSG as an academy graduate however made solely 5 appearances as knowledgeable earlier than leaving.
The previous France youth worldwide spent his complete enjoying profession in France which included spells at Lorient, Good and Marseille — PSG’s fiercest rival.
PSG had ended Lyon’s 14-year stranglehold on the Division 1 Female within the 2020-21 season, profitable the league title for the primary time of their historical past, however completed 11, six and 11 factors behind them respectively previously three seasons.
The Abriel information comes after PSG confirmed the arrival of England worldwide Mary Earps on a two-year contract. The 31-year-old joined after her Manchester United contract expired.
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