Dassier named new Marseille chairman
Reuters - Monday 22 June 2009, 11:55
MARSEILLE - Olympique Marseille
have named Jean-Claude Dassier, former head of news at French TV
channel TF1, as their new chairman.
The Ligue 1 club announced the appointment on their website on Monday without giving further details.
The 67-year-old Dassier is taking over over from Pape Diouf,
who left the job last week over differences of opinion with the
club's main shareholder Robert Louis-Dreyfus.
Marseille, who finished second in Ligue 1 last season, have
not won any major silverware since their Champions League
success in 1993.
Dassier's first task will be to avert a management crisis
after sports director Jose Anigo threatened to quit following
Diouf's departure.
New coach Didier Deschamps hinted he could leave before the
start of the season if he was not happy with the club's
replacement for Diouf.