27 May 2007

Deschamps resigns at Juve

Juventus manager Didier Deschamps resigned as manager only hours after leading them to the Serie B title. The former France captain watched his team beat Mantova 2-0 to take the title.

A statement on the club's website read, "Juventus Football Club and Didier Deschamps have mutually terminated their contractual relationship that gave them both satisfaction, enthusiasm and success.

"The coach and the club have recognised that the conditions necessary to continue their relationship with the same satisfaction are lacking, and therefore have decided to amicably separate."

There are differences between the club and the coach, who wants more money to spend after promoting Juventus who were relegated due to their role in the Calciopoli scandal .

It is rumoured that Italian World Cup winning coach Marcello Lippi might take charge of Juventus, while Didier Deschamps is reported to be a target of Olympique Lyonnais, the French Ligue 1 champions, whose own boss Gerard Houllier took charge of his final game on Saturday.

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