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28/11/2011
Jean Tigana linked to China job
Former Fulham coach Jean Tigana has flown out of China after a three-day visit to prospective new employers Shanghai Shenhua
31/10/2005
Tigana takes over
Former Fulham and Monaco manager Jean Tigana has joined Turkish First Division Besiktas as coach
13/07/2004
Tigana hugely disappointed
Ex-Fulham Manager Jean Tigana was left to reflect on what might have been on Monday - and the discarded candidate for the role of France coach could only speak of "huge disappointment" as his dream job went to Raymond Domenech
15/10/2003
Tigana to return?
fulham fc premiership team former boss Jean Tigana is hoping to make a sensational return to management - at Second Division Brighton.
17/04/2003
Jean Tigana has gone
Jean Tigana's rollercoaster reign as Fulham boss ended in dramatic fashion on Thursday as chairman Mohamed Al Fayed axed him and installed Chris Coleman as caretaker manager.
10/04/2003
Tigana has talks with players
Fulham boss Jean Tigana has held crisis talks with his players after Monday's embarrassing 4-0 home defeat at the hands of Blackburn leaves The Cottagers seven points above the relegation zone.
10/04/2003
Tigana fears mass exodus
Out going Fulham manager Jean Tigana fears his exit could spark a mass exodus of players next month with eight players whose contracts or loans expire at the end of the season.
10/04/2003
Fulham still to say when Tigana goes
Fulham and their out going manager Jean Tigana still have to decide when Tigana will be leaving should it be at the end of the season on May 11 or when his contract expires on June 30.
26/03/2003
Jean Tigana to leave Fulham
Fulham manager Jean Tigana, highly regarded by Fulham fans, is set to leave the club in the summer after the club announced his contract would not be extended beyond the end of the season.
15/03/2003
Jean Tigana wants to stay at Fulham
fulham, Premiership league squad, Manager Jean Tigana confirmed after the 2-2 draw with Southampton that he does want to take up a two-season extension option but that the long-awaited decision still on hold.
17/02/2003
Jean Tigana contract talks start
fulham FC, Premiership league squad, Manager Jean Tigana has made clear what would see him remain at Fulham and postpone his retirement until 2005 and now the ball is firmly in Chairman and Owner Mohamed Al Fayed's court
12/02/2003
Sean Davis thanks Jean Tigana
fulham FC, of the Premiership league, player Sean Davis has paid tribute to Jean Tigana, the Frenchman who has transformed him from a Division One midfielder to one of Fulham's star players and taken him to the brink of his first England cap
11/02/2003
Steve Marlet worries about Tigana
fulham FC, Premiership league squad, French International striker Steve Marlet has noted his concern if Jean Tigana leaves the club at the end of the season.
14/01/2003
Barcelona after Tigana?
Barcelona could reportedly offer Jean Tigana a chance to manage in Spain if he does not earn a new deal with Fulham.
31/12/2002
Jean Tigana looking for passion
Fulham boss Jean Tigana admits he will be glad to see the back of 2002 - but insists the new year holds no relegation fears for him.
08/12/2002
Whispering campaign against Jean Tigana
Fulham football club said today that we have been made aware of a malicious whispering campaign against our manager, in relation to the handling of players' transfers.
21/11/2002
Steve Marlet compliments Tigana
Fulham striker Steve Marlet believes The Cottagers are unfairly labelled a moneybags outfit, and wants everybody to bide their time before judging the
Londoners, who are without a home at the moment, with Craven Cottage being redeveloped.
21/09/2002
Jean Tigana contract talks speeded up
Fulham chairman Mohamed Al Fayed, buoyed by the Cottagers' fantastic start to the season, has brought forward Jean Tigana's contract talks from the New Year to the immediate future.
19/09/2002
Tigana calls for calm - Post Match Comment
Fulham manager Jean Tigana tonight demanded his buoyant players keep their feet rooted to the ground and clinch their UEFA Cup second round place in Hajduk, Split come to town in a fortnight.
19/09/2002
Jean Tigana aims for Champions League
Fulham Manager Jean Tigana, a man used to playing and managing at the highest level , last night marked the eve of Fulham's first major European fixture by outlining his ambition to take Mohamed Al Fayed's club into the Champions League inside two years.
14/08/2002
Fulham boss Tigana hails Inamoto goal
Fulham boss Jean Tigana paid tribute to Junichi Inamoto after the Japanese livewire sparked the Cottagers' European dream back into life with a stunning substitute appearance in last night's 2-2 draw at Bologna.
15/07/2002
Jean Tigana worries about goal famine
Fulham boss Jean Tigana was disappointed with his player's efforts despite seeing his team clinch a place in the third round of the Intertoto Cup with a draw against FC Haka.
21/04/2002
Fulham blast Jean Tigana rumours
Fulham have blasted reports that Jean Tigana is to be sacked as manager
and replaced at Craven Cottage by former Chelsea boss Ruud Gullit
16/04/2002
Fulham Boss Tigana rues lack of goals
Fulham boss Jean Tigana admitted he is having sleepless nights over his
team's lack of goals as he challenged his players to respond to their FA
Cup semi-final defeat by securing top-flight survival.
09/04/2002
Jean Tigana happy for the moment
Fulham manager Jean Tigana was relieved to see his side avoid yet another
defeat after they snatched a 1-1 draw against Newcastle on Monday night.
05/04/2002
Jean Tigana meets with senior players
Fulham manager Jean Tigana has held a meeting at the club's training
ground and urged the senior professionals in the squad to guide the Cottagers
to Premiership safety.
26/03/2002
Fulham manager Jean Tigana wants 3 wins
Fulham manager Jean Tigana has urged his players
to dig-in and prove their character after defeat to London rivals Spurs
on Sunday left The Cottagers just three points clear of the relegation zone.
23/03/2002
Barry Hayles talks of Tigana's upset
Fulham top goal scorer Barry Hayles revealed Fulham
boss Jean Tigana's frustration at watching his team plummet from the brink
of European qualification to near the relegation zone.
23/02/2002
Fulham Mr Cool Jean Tigana
Fulham Mr Cool Jean Tigana The battle of French footballing brains at Highbury could be called the
duel between the sorcerer and the apprentice. But it is a billing that
does little justice to Jean Tigana, Fulham's impressively cool manager
20/02/2002
Jean Tigana puzzled by Ref
Fulham Boss Jean Tigana could not hide the disappointment
he felt after the 74th-minute incident which he felt cost his side at least
a point.
07/02/2002
Tigana falsely linked to Anfield job
Tigana will be as stunned as Liverpool to learn he was linked with the job. Reports had indicated he was in talks at Anfield on Wednesday, but Tigana was in fact at the Fulham training ground.
31/01/2002
Fulham Boss Tigana livid
Fulham manager Jean Tigana refused to attend the Ipswich after-match press
conference, so livid was he with his side's display.
15/12/2001
Jean Tigana looking for 9
Fulham Boss Jean Tigana has told his players to take a leaf
out of his book at White Hart Lane on Saturday by chilling out and playing
passing football
20/11/2001
Jean Tigana calls for referee talks
Fulham manager Jean Tigana has called for talks between managers
and officials to iron out problems after a series of incidents involving
his side.
22/10/2001
Fulham and Tigana unhappy - The Times
Fulham manager Jean Tigana is normally impassive in front of the ups and downs of soccer but on Sunday discarding his cocktail stick he had plenty to say to Mike Riley, the referee, and
Dermot Gallagher, the fourth official. He was not a happy Frenchman
12/10/2001
Jean Tigana says Zat Knight for England
Fulham's young defender Zatyiah
Knight was always going to stand out in football. Not only does he have
an unusual first name, but at 6ft 6in tall he also tends to tower above
most other players
10/10/2001
Jean Tigana interview
Fulham Manager Jean Tigana has
spoken exclusively to Fulham Today ahead of the club's Worthington Cup clash
against Derby County at Craven Cottage this evening.
29/09/2001
Jean Tigana inspired Marcel
Like most Frenchmen, Marcel
Desailly reserves a special place in his heart for a group of footballers
who inspired a generation.
So he has been delighted, if not a little surprised, to see Jean Tigana
- one of the most famed and influential members of the great Michel Platini-led
France team - thriving as Fulham manager.
10/09/2001
Jean Tigana sees Red
Fulham manager Jean Tigana said Charlton 'keeper
Dean Kiely deserved a red card for his wild challenge on Louis Saha that
went unpunished during Sunday's 1-1 draw at The Valley.
28/08/2001
Jean Tigana to keep spending
Jean Tigana promised today to
carry on spending even if he signs French striker Steve Marlet in a deal
which would take his shopping bill to £42 million in one year.
25/08/2001
Tigana goes to £12.5m for Marlet
Lyon forward Steve Marlet admitted he was
"reasonably optimistic" about completing a move to Fulham next
week after Jean Tigana raised his offer for the France international to
£12.5 million.
22/08/2001
Tigana set to break bank on Marlet
Fulham are optimistic that they can prise the French international striker Steve Marlet away from Lyon, despite having an initial £10m offer rejected by the French club.
20/08/2001
Jean Tigana needs more depth
Fulham boss Jean Tigana will
continue to scour the transfer market after admitting he needs at least
three or four more players before his side can push the league's big boys
07/08/2001
Jean Tigana delighted to get Harley
Fulham boss Tigana expressed his delight at signing Harley, especially after
having previously encountered difficulties in trying to bring young English
players to the club.
27/07/2001
Jean Tigana climbing a mountain
Jean Tigana, holder of a European Championship
medal as a player and a French League title winner as a manager, faces
what could be the most demanding task of his career as he attempts to
deliver the dreams of his ambitious boss
30/05/2001
Tigana in for Ziege
JEAN TIGANA is planning to hijack Tottenham's
move for Liverpool defender Christian Ziege.
22/05/2001
Jean Tigana Top Manager in 2000/2001
Fulham manager Jean Tigana has been awarded
the Nationwide League Division One manager of the season title. He was
presented with the award at last night's League Managers Association
dinner, held in Nottingham.
14/05/2001
Jean Tigana says Non to France
Fulham coach Jean Tigana has ruled himself out of the running to replace
Roger Lemerre as France boss after the 2002 World Cup.
11/05/2001
Why Tigana wants Le Havre deal
Fulham coach Jean Tigana is planning a link-up with one of the top youth academies in France in preparation for the first-division champions' debut Premiership season.
03/05/2001
Jean Tigana won't pay over the odds
Fulham boss Jean Tigana could be given a £50million transfer kitty
during the summer but the manager of the first division champions won't
be paying over the odds for players.
16/04/2001
Jean Tigana shows the way forward
At the
start of this season, when Jean Tigana, the new manager of Fulham, expounded his
“philosophy” of the game, some wondered how that credo of passing football would
stand up to the rigours of a first division campaign and what his side, expected
to be fortified immediately with several expensive signings from overseas, would
make of a cold night at Tranmere.
13/04/2001
Jean Tigana's rivals should beware
Manchester United fans are well aware of the part that Eric Cantona has played
in building the Old Trafford dynasty. But Fulham's followers could soon be lauding
the Frenchman for his part in their very own success story.
11/04/2001
Jean Tigana delighted with win
Jean Tigana was delighted to be within
touching distance of the First Division championship after Fulham's win
over Blackburn at Ewood Park.
18/01/2001
Jean Tigana bids for Jason Koumas
Nationwide Division One leaders Fulham are reported to have lined up a bid of
around £2million for highly-rated Tranmere midfielder Jason Koumas.
10/01/2001
Jean Tigana linked to Brahim Hemdani
Fulham manager Jean Tigana is being linked with a raid on his native France, for RC Strasbourg midfielder Brahim Hemdani, as he continues his restructuring plan at Craven Cottage
09/01/2001
Djimi bid by Tigana
FULHAM boss Jean Tigana is ready to make a £2million move for Liverpool's French centre half Djimi Traore
07/01/2001
Jean Tigana: Norwich more important
Fulham manager Jean Tigana was understandably disappointed at being knocked out of the Cup, but said his side must concentrate on gaining promotion to the Premiership.
07/01/2001
Tigana came to discover the Premiership
Those of us who saw the appointment of Tigana as a gamble, wondering whether so distinguished a coach and former player with no English and no English experience could succeed with what was then a moderate group of players, have been happily proved wrong.
07/01/2001
Tigana wants Utd twice a year
In amid all the Cup excitment Fulham Manager Jean Tigana is stressing that the priority is promotion and the right to meet United, along with the rest of the top clubs, twice a season as of right.
05/01/2001
Arsene Wenger praises Jean Tigana
Fulham's ability to rub shoulders with the elite of English football falls under the spotlight on Sunday when the Division One leaders entertain Manchester United in the FA Cup's third round.
13/12/2000
Jean Tigana: Promotion is No1 aim.
Jean Tigana is ready to continue his policy of fielding a weakened Fulham team in the Worthington Cup tonight - even though his side face Liverpool at Anfield with a place in the semi-finals at stake.
18/11/2000
Tigana forsees Fulham as Premiership Champions
Fulham have the potential to win the English premier league within five years, their French coach Jean Tigana said in an interview to be published in Sunday's edition of Le Journal du Dimanche.<
20/10/2000
Oow Ah Tigana
Jean Tigana apparently prefers to say nothing, rien, in his team talks. The Fulham manager, by all accounts, is a dignified sort of character, a real gentleman.
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