An incredible comeback in the world of football, on the field anyway.
According to our information, confirming those of 20 Minutes, Raymond Domenech will engage with FC Nantes.
The former national coach (2004-2010) will sign, according to our sources, for six months as a coach.
League regulations now allow it.
Its main objective will be maintenance.
Before this 17th day of the French Championship, the Canaries are in 15th place with 11 points, four lengths more than the first relegation, Lorient, 19th.
They are moving to Lyon this Wednesday evening for a match scheduled for 9 p.m.
The Breton club is currently coached by Patrick Collot.
His four-game interim was due to end on Wednesday at the break.
He was previously the assistant to Christian Gourcuff, sacked on December 8.
Since then, the president of Nantes, Waldemar Kita, a big consumer of coaches, has consulted a lot.
He recently met Raymond Domenech.
The two men agreed on this six-month mission.
He hasn't coached since the 2010 World Cup
A colorful character of French football, Raymond Domenech has not sat on a sidelines since Knysna and the 2010 World Cup, ended in chaos.
His players, on June 20, 2010, had decided to go on strike, refusing to leave the bus to train after the dismissal of Nicolas Anelka.
Raymond Domenech led his last match on June 22 in Bloemfontein, South Africa against the host country of the World Cup, the first on African soil.
His Blues were bowed (2-1), eliminated from the competition.
At the head of the coaches union and close to Le Graët
For ten years, the former technician from Lyon (1988-1993) has divided his time between unionism and the profession of consultant.
He took the reins in October 2016 of the coaches union, UNECATEF, replacing Joël Muller.
He thus ruled on the board of directors of the Professional Football League.
In the instances, he remained very close to Noël Le Graët, vice-president of the French Federation during the Knysna incident.
At almost 69 years old, Domenech, a man of culture and the media, regularly participates in the programs of the channel L'Équipe, of which he is a consultant.
He was one of the recurring guests of Olivier Ménard's Evening Team or L'Equipe d'Estelle, presented by his partner, Estelle Denis.
A few weeks ago, the coach had declined the proposal of the Serbian Federation to take the head of the national team.
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Almost ten years after his last game, the former national coach will be on the bench on January 6 at 7 p.m.
It will start with a derby against Rennes that the whole of Brittany and now a good part of France will watch with immense curiosity.
