European side eye former Leeds United man as new boss after embarrassing Champions League exit

Greek champions Olympiacos have reportedly set their sights on a former Leeds United assistant as their new head coach.
By Lee Sobot
Published 30th Jul 2022, 10:16 BST
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Olympiacos won the Greek Super League for the 47th time in their history last season and third year in a row but the Athens-based side have already crashed out of the Champions League this summer.

The Greek side faced a two-legged second qualifying round tie against Israel outfit Maccabi Haifa and the first leg in Haifa ended in a 1-1 draw.

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But Olympiacos then crashed to a 4-0 home defeat in the second leg and the Greek champions are reportedly set to dismiss boss Pedro Martins before turning attention to 39-year-old Corberan.

GOING GREEK? Olympiacos, above, are reportedly eyeing former Leeds United assistant Carlos Corberan as their new head coach. Photo by UEFA - Handout/UEFA via Getty Images.GOING GREEK? Olympiacos, above, are reportedly eyeing former Leeds United assistant Carlos Corberan as their new head coach. Photo by UEFA - Handout/UEFA via Getty Images.
GOING GREEK? Olympiacos, above, are reportedly eyeing former Leeds United assistant Carlos Corberan as their new head coach. Photo by UEFA - Handout/UEFA via Getty Images.

The former Whites assistant and ex-Leeds under-23s boss took Huddersfield Town to the Championship play-off final last term in which the Terriers were beaten 1-0 by Nottingham Forest.

Corberan, assistant under Marcelo Bielsa, then resigned as Terriers boss at the beginning of July.

A report from AS claims that Corberan is the top priority for Olympiacos who have other names on their list.

Corberan, though, they claim, is the favorite and first option.

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