• Gérald Baticle and Bruno Génésio are being retained by Lyon
• Robert Duverne joins as fitness coach from MetzRémi Garde has not given up hope of bringing Gérald Baticle and Bruno Génésio,who were his assistant managers at Lyon, to Aston Villa but the Premier League club are planning to do without them in the short term and accept they may have to wait until well into next year to salvage either man.
Garde, or who will remove charge of his first game as the Villa manager against Manchester City on Sunday,has been able to recruit Robert Duverne as the fitness coach. Duverne worked under Gérard Houllier at Villa and has rejoined the club after Metz released him from his contract because of a verbal agreement.
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Source: theguardian.com