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Le Havre Sack Didier Digard After Winless Start

The club placed Digard on provisional leave in a move that opens a wider leadership shake-up at Le Havre.

Overview

  • Le Havre notified coach Didier Digard of a provisional suspension following a heavy 1-5 home defeat to Paris Saint-Germain, with the club saying it will take further decisions after an internal review.
  • The team remains without a win in the league and has collected only two points from nine matches, leaving Le Havre at the bottom of the standings and under severe sporting pressure.
  • Digard had signed an extension in June that ran through 2027 and had kept the club in Ligue 1 in recent seasons by finishing 15th then 14th, which makes his autumn dismissal notable.
  • The club announced that the president, Jean-Michel Roussier, has offered to step down and that Jaïr Karim, the academy director, will take interim charge of the first team from Monday.
  • The changes deepen an early-season pattern of managerial instability in Ligue 1 and raise the prospect of a broader overhaul at the club as Le Havre prepares for key fixtures that will shape its fight to avoid relegation.