Renard

Herve Renard was the manager who brought him to Lille - but was sacked in November and, after only three Ligue 1 starts, Guirassy was sent on loan to second-tier Auxerre in January.

The overall picture, says Antoine Renard, local head of the UN’s World Food Programme, is of Palestinians facing “a daily struggle for survival”.

WFP's director for the Palestinian Territories, Antoine Renard, also told the outlet that his teams on the ground had just a week of flour supplies left.

Soon the list of candidates reportedly included Herve Renard, coach of France’s women’s team; former England manager Gareth Southgate; former Nice and Crystal Palace coach Patrick Vieira; and well-traveled German manager Thomas Tuchel, who has coached at some of the biggest clubs in Europe, among them Borussia Dortmund, PSG, Chelsea and Bayern Munich.

Their coach was Frenchman Herve Renard, who had worked as a cleaner before breaking into football coaching.