Régis Le Bris agrees to become Sunderland’s next manager | OneFootball

According to Fabrizio Romano, Régis Le Bris has agreed to become the next Sunderland manager. The head coach will leave FC Lorient this summer after failing to keep the club in the top flight of the French league in his second season in charge of the club.

Romano writes that Sunderland have also forged an agreement with Les Merlus over the compensation that the club will receive for losing their manager. It appears all that is now left is for the Championship side to officially announce the Frenchman in the role.

Le Bris has long been linked with a move away from Ligue 1 after an impressive debut season as a manager in the 2022/23 campaign with the club recording a surprising start that saw them climb as high as second place before finishing in a respectable midtable position, which was enough to see Le Bris linked to the Leeds role although that eventually went to Daniel Farke.

GFFN | Nick Hartland