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Marcelo Romero sacked as coach of Malaga, replaced by Michel

Malaga have announced the appointment of Michel as their new head coach just hours after parting company with Marcelo Romero.

Romero's brief spell in charge of Malaga came to an end on Tuesday morning, the 40-year-old paying the price for the team's poor start to 2017 that saw them win just one and lose seven of 10 games and slip to 15th place in La Liga.

The Andalusian club have moved quickly to find his successor, handing the reins to former Sevilla and Olympiakos coach.

A club statement said: "Jose Miguel Gonzalez Martin, better known as Michel, will be the new Malaga CF coach through to the 2017/18 campaign. The coach will manage his first training session on Wednesday morning and will be unveiled to the media later that day at the La Rosaleda stadium."

A former Malaga player, Romero was promoted from the position of assistant coach he held for three seasons in Dec. 28 after Juande Ramos resigned from the post.

Michel, 53, had been without a club since being dismissed by Marseille on April 2016. The former Real Madrid player has previously coached Rayo Vallecano, Madrid's Castilla side, Getafe and Sevilla, before moving to Greece in 2013 where he contributed to Olympiakos winning three successive league titles.

Michel inherits a team that has mustered five points of a possible 30 in La Liga and has lost its last three encounters, including Sunday's 1-0 defeat at Athletic Bilbao. His first game in charge will be at home to Alaves on Saturday.

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