Official | Lens appoint Didier Digard as new head coach

Official | Lens appoint Didier Digard as new head coachRC Lens have officially announced that Didier Digard has signed a two-year contract to become their next head coach, with the 40-year-old set to oversee his first training session tomorrow evening. The announcement comes as a surprise. Digard was released from his duties at Le Havre AC, with the club bottom of the Ligue 1 table having yet to win a game since the start of the new campaign. Not only this, but it was widely suspected that, with Pierre Sage leaving Crystal Palace, Les Sang et Or would make a move for their former head coach. As of today, there was even a report that Lens were considering former Morocco manager Walid Regragui. Lens were in a search for a new manager after firing Yannick Cahuzac, following a poor run of results that included Les Lensois losing in a historic 9-1 defeat in the UEFA Champions League. Cahuzac had only been appointed during the campaign, when he was promoted from Dino Toppmöller’s assistant to successor, after the German mutually agreed to terminate his contract after six games in charge. GFFN | Nick Hartland