Morocco coach Herve Renard is excited for Friday s Africa Cup of Nations clash with his former team Ivory Coast, who Ibrahim Kamara insists will not be focusing on revenge.
Renard became the first coach to ever win the Africa Cup of Nations with two different countries in 2015, ending Ivory s Coast s 23-year wait for the title.
He left for a short spell at Lille later that year, before returning to international football in 2016 with Morocco.
Under Renard, the Atlas Lions qualified for the 2018 World Cup, their first appearance in the competition since 1998.
A 2-0 win away to Ivory Coast in November 2017 secured Morocco s place in Russia and, although this will be their first meeting since, Kamara insists vengeance is not on the mind of his players.
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Jose Mourinho was sacled as Chelsea boss on Thursday
Thursday afternoon brought about a piece of news that everybody in and around football expected for weeks, the departure from Chelsea of controversial boss Jose Mourinho.
The move had been mooted for the past few weeks, so the news was no real surprise.
Chelsea have gone from champs to chumps this season and slumped from poor result to poor result. Mourinho left the Blues in 16th position in the Premier League table, just a point clear of the relegation zone.
Talented but temperamental
The above title could describe both Mourinho himself and his Chelsea squad. Despite the Blues poor performance this season, the Portuguese boss cannot be written-off. One bad season does not make a bad manager.
Dan Ashworth has resigned as Brighton and Hove Albion technical director to join another Premier League club – widely thought to be Newcastle United.
Ashworth held talks with Newcastle previously as the club s new owners seek to appoint a director of football, with a chief executive set to follow.
In line with his contractual terms, Ashworth will now begin an extended period of gardening leave, after which he will be able to take up a new position elsewhere, a Brighton statement detailing his departure read.
David Weir, Ashworth s assistant, has replaced him as acting technical director, with Brighton saying the handover would be completed later this week .
Ashworth was the FA s director of elite development for six years up until 2018, playing a key r…
Pep Guardiola has warned Sergio Aguero cannot solve Manchester City s goalscoring problems on his own as the Argentina striker prepares to make his latest return from injury.
Aguero missed the start of this season as he continued to recover after undergoing meniscus surgery in June.
He featured in October s 1-0 win over Arsenal and scored a penalty in City s opening 3-1 Champions League victory against Porto, only to pull up with a hamstring injury at the halfway point of the club s next Premier League outing at West Ham.
City s all-time record goalscorer remained an unused substitute as Guardiola s side went down to a 2-0 defeat at Tottenham on Saturday a result that leaves them languishing in the bottom half of the table with 12 points and 10 goals fr…
Manchester United have offered a new deal to Juan Mata as Ander Herrera and Antonio Valencia head the list of players leaving the club.
Mata, who joined from Chelsea in January 2014, has been linked with a free transfer abroad.
But the former Valencia and Chelsea midfielder has been handed the chance to sign fresh terms by United, meaning he could yet extend his time at Old Trafford.
James Wilson and Regan Poole, who have both previously played first-team football, are among those to be departing United after spending the 2018-19 campaign out on loan.
And United have officially said goodbye to Herrera and club captain Valencia following the expiration of their contracts.
Also leaving are DJ Buffonge, Tyrell Warren, Matty Willock, Callum Whelan…