Much-travelled Sousa takes over at much-troubled Bordeaux
Paulo Sousa is Bordeaux's fourth manager in a season in which the ownership has also changed. — Reuters file pic
Sousa has coached QPR, Leicester, Swansea, Videoton in Hungary, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Basel and Fiorentina but has been without a club since leaving Tianjin Quanjian in October. According to press reports, Sousa will bring his long-standing assistant Victor Sanchez Llado, a Spaniard, and two other coaches with him.
Bordeaux sacked Brazilian Ricardo Gomes on February 26 after only one win in six games and the club languishing 13th in Ligue 1.
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