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Montreal Impact manager Rémi Garde quashed a report on Tuesday suggesting he’d leave the MLS team to return to French Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais.

“On my end, I haven’t had any recent contact with Olympique Lyonnais on the subject,” Garde said before the team’s practice at Complexe Sportif Marie-Victorin. “I have a feeling that this information was made up.”

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Garde managed Olympique Lyonnais from 2011 to ’14 and won a Coupe de France and a Trophée des Champions in 2012. He then managed English Premiership side Aston Villa briefly before joining the Impact in 2017. Garde was also linked to another Ligue 1 club, Bordeaux, last August.

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Arcadio Marcuzzi of 98.5 FM reported that Olympique Lyonnais was interested in having Garde succeed manager Bruno Genesio next season. Garde noted that he has kept in touch with Lyonnais players, Genesio and members of his staff, but simply to encourage them for their Champions League tie against Barcelona on Wednesday.