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Caparros named new Osasuna coach

Xinhua, November 9, 2016 Adjust font size:

Spanish Primera Liga club Osasuna on Tuesday confirmed Joaquin Caparros as the new first team coach after sacking Quique Martin on Monday.

Caparros has signed a two and a half year contract with the Pamplona based club, which is currently second from bottom of the Liga Santander with 7 points from 11 games and without a home win all season.

"The offer arrived on Monday night and I didn't take long to accept it, because I missed working as a coach," said Caparros, who has long CV (curriculum vitae) in Spain after having worked with clubs such as Sevilla, Athletic Club Bilbao, Deportivo la Coruna, Mallorca and Granada.

Meanwhile, Osasuna fans hung a banner in support of Martin during Tuesday's training session in protest at the sacking of a the former player, who in less than two years in charge at the club, had saved them from relegation to the third tier of Spanish football and led them to the Primera Liga the following campaign.

Many were also disappointed at the manner of the 60-year-old sacking via a phone call from the club's director of football while he was in Madrid attending an awards ceremony with most fans believing he deserved better. Endit