Marseille appoint ex-Brighton boss De Zerbi

Marseille person reached an "agreement successful principle" to name Roberto de Zerbi arsenic nan club's caller manager.

De Zerbi left Brighton astatine nan extremity of past play aft 2 years pinch nan Premier League club.

The Italian will win Jean-Louis Gasset, who retired from shot astatine nan extremity of nan campaign.

"The nine is presently moving pinch each parties progressive to formalise nan presence of nan Italian coach and his unit connected nan OM bench, and to hole for his presence successful Marseille successful nan coming days," publication a nine statement.

Former Shakhtar Donetsk coach De Zerbi joined nan Seagulls successful September 2022 connected a four-year contract.

He guided nan nine to sixth successful his first play - their highest top-flight decorativeness - and secured European qualification for nan first clip successful their history.

They vanished 11th successful nan convention past run and reached nan past 16 of nan Europa League, earlier it was "mutually agreed" that he would guidelines down.

Former Montpellier and Bordeaux leader Gasset, 70, succeeded Gennaro Gattuso connected an interim ground successful February and led nan nine to an eighth-place decorativeness successful Ligue 1, their lowest convention placing since 2016.