Laurent Blanc, a former manager of Bordeaux and PSG, is expected to return to Ligue 1 with Lyon after Peter Bosz was fired on Sunday.
On Sunday, Lyon fired head coach Peter Bosz and announced Laurent Blanc will take over.
The Dutchman Bosz's second season at the club started out well but gradually devolved, and the seven-time French champions ran out of patience.
Lyon fell apart after earning 13 points from their first five Ligue 1 contests, which suggested they may contend at the very least for a Champions League spot.
When they drew 1-1 with Toulouse on Friday night, they ended a league-losing streak of four games, but Bosz, a former manager of Ajax, Borussia Dortmund, and Bayer Leverkusen, did not survive.
The dismal sequence of defeats had been Lyon's longest in the French top flight since March 1991, when they also had a four-game run of losses.
Lyon finished only eighth last season, missing out on qualification for all European competitions. It was their lowest league finish since the 1995-96 campaign when they were 11th.
His replacement will be Blanc, the former Bordeaux, France and Paris Saint-Germain boss, who will officially take charge on Monday.
Blanc left PSG In June 2016, after a three-year reign that included Ligue 1 titles in each season.
His most recent coaching assignment came at the Qatari club Al-Rayyan, with Blanc leaving that post in February after 14 months in charge.
A club statement confirmed Blanc has agreed to a contract to run until the end of the 2023-24 season.