Soccer-Ajax agree fee with Nice for coach Farioli – reports

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22/05/2024 20:36

May 22 (Reuters) - Ajax Amsterdam have agreed a fee for
the release of Nice coach Francesco Farioli with the 35-year-old
expected to sign a three-year contract in the coming days,
according to media reports in France and the Netherlands on
Wednesday.
    Italian Farioli will replace John van 't Schip following a
poor season in the Eredivisie in which Ajax ended fifth, their
lowest finish since the 1999-00 season. 
    Ajax will pay Nice 1.25-million euros ($1.35 million) in
compensation according to NOS.nl as Farioli becomes the first
foreign coach at the club since the Dane Morten Olsen in 1997.
    Farioli, in his third full season as a coach, took Nice to
fifth in Ligue 1 this term. He previously led Turkish clubs
Fatih Karagumruk and Alanyaspor, and joined Nice at the start of
the 2023-24 campaign.
    Farioli was goalkeeper coach under former Brighton & Hove
Albion manager Roberto De Zerbi at Benevento and Sassuolo, and
did not play professional football himself. 
    


($1 = 0.9244 euros)

 (Reporting by Nick Said
Editing by Toby Davis)
 ((nick.said@thomsonreuters.com;))