{"id":6975,"date":"2026-11-02T21:35:52","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T21:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/02\/demba-ba-resigns-as-sporting-director-after-four-months-amid-growing-turmoil\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T21:35:52","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T21:35:52","slug":"demba-ba-resigns-as-sporting-director-after-four-months-amid-growing-turmoil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/02\/demba-ba-resigns-as-sporting-director-after-four-months-amid-growing-turmoil\/","title":{"rendered":"Demba Ba Resigns As Sporting Director After Four Months Amid Growing Turmoil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Chelsea striker Demba Ba has stepped down as sporting director of Ligue 1 side Le Havre just four months after assuming the role.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lequipe.fr\/\">L\u2019\u00c9quip<\/a>e, the former Senegal international decided to walk away from the Normandy club in response to escalating internal instability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/iwobi-eyes-historic-premier-league-appearance-record\/\">Iwobi Eyes Historic Premier League Appearance Record<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ba\u2019s sudden exit comes directly on the heels of head coach Didier Digard\u2019s dismissal. Digard was relieved of his duties following a heavy 5\u20131 home defeat against Paris Saint-Germain over the weekend, a result that proved to be the breaking point for the club\u2019s board.<\/p>\n<p>The crushing defeat against the French champions extended a dismal start to the campaign for Le Havre. The club remains rooted to the bottom of the Ligue 1 table, having managed to secure just two points from their opening nine league fixtures.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"csa1x-widget csbw-odds-card\" aria-label=\"Match odds\">\n<p><label class=\"csbw-oddschip\"><span class=\"csbw-oddsbar__label\">Show odds<\/span><button class=\"csbw-oddsswitch\" type=\"button\" role=\"switch\" aria-checked=\"false\" aria-label=\"Show odds\" data-csbw-global=\"1\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/button><\/label><\/p>\n<div class=\"csa1x-actions\">\n<details class=\"csa1x-tipster-details csbw-article-tips\">\n<summary class=\"csa1x-tipster-toggle\">Match prediction<\/summary>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>Read Also<\/strong>:<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/valencia-boss-delighted-with-sadiqs-injury-comeback\/\">Valencia Boss Delighted with Sadiq\u2019s Injury Comeback<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The fallout from Digard\u2019s firing quickly spilled into the executive suite, with club president Jean-Michel Roussier also resigning in protest over the manager\u2019s dismissal. Roussier\u2019s departure alongside Ba has plunged the historic club into a full-blown leadership crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Le Havre\u2019s ownership group, Blue Crow, now faces an uphill battle to restructure the club\u2019s sporting and executive leadership while simultaneously taking urgent action to save their troubled season from relegation.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Chelsea striker Demba Ba has stepped down as sporting director of Ligue 1 side Le Havre just four months after assuming the role. According to L\u2019\u00c9quipe, the former Senegal&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6975\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}