Blanc named as new Al-Rayyan manager

4 years after leaving PSG, Laurent Blanc will return to management with Al-Rayyan, the Qatari club announced.

The French manager, 55, signed for a year and a half, and his mission will be to improve their position in the Qatari league, as they are 6th and 12 points from top, Xavi Hernández's Al-Sadd.

Blanc was champion of the world in France 98 and of Europe in Belgium/Netherlands 2000 as a player, also managed Bordeaux for three seasons, spent 2 years at France and 3 at PSG.

Curiously, his appointment as Al-Rayyan manager comes not long after he assured that he wouldn't manage professionally anymore: "I no longer like football, I would only manage children's teams".