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Garcia claims he snubbed West Ham approach

Ahead of Marseille's clash with Paris Saint-Germain, Rudi Garcia has claimed he snubbed the chance to take over at West Ham.

Rudi Garcia has revealed he turned down the opportunity to replace Slaven Bilic at West Ham in favour of becoming Marseille head coach this week.

Garcia joined the Ligue 1 club on Thursday after his Roma deal was terminated by mutual consent, having left his post in January and remained under contract.

But the 52-year-old claims the Hammers also showed in an interest in his services, with Bilic in the spotlight following a sluggish start to the Premier League season.