Garitano is no longer the coach of Leganés; Nafti will replace him

Asier Garitano is no longer Leganés coach. The club announced this afternoon the dismissal of Bergara’s coach, who had come to ID Butarque to witness the match between the subsidiary and Marino de Luanco. There The hard core of the board of directors, led by the largest shareholder, has communicated the news to the Bergara preparer of a cessation that has been forged in the last hours. Mehdi Nafti, former coach among others of Lugo, will be, except for surprise, his replacement. On Tuesday against Cartagena (21:15) he will lead the team for the first time.

As As told yesterday after consulting high spheres of the cucumber dome, Leganés intended to keep his coach. The good hot sensations of the defeat against Almería (good game) made the managerial nucleus think about it. That Asier Garitano is a legend in the south of Madrid also had weight. But today on the way back to Leganés, the leaders have met again and, after discussing it again, they have agreed that the need for a change it had to weigh against the sensations of this Saturday. This is how the decision has been made to kick the coach who promoted the pepineros from Second B to First in just three years.

In this second stage, the results of the season have followed a different trajectory. The coach has barely achieved 10 points out of 39 possible. Leganés walk in relegation positions to First RFEF when your template was made for so much more.

This Sunday Garitano will say goodbye to the squad. His replacement will be Mehdi Nafti, a former Franco-Tunisian player from Racing or Valladolid, among others. In Spain his maximum professional experience was the bench of Lugo. He has also directed to Marbella or Mérida among others.