CV's Weekly Coaching News
It’s been a big week?at Birmingham City.?Having parted company with John Eustace on Monday, Wayne Rooney was announced as the club’s new manager on Wednesday. The former Derby and DC United boss is joined at St Andrews by coaches?Ashley Cole, John O’Shea, Carl Robinson and Pete Shuttleworth.? Sevilla have brought in?former Uruguay?head coach?Diego Alonso?to replace?José Luis Mendilibar, who was dismissed months after winning the Europa League. Amid their struggles?in Germany’s second tier, Schalke have appointed former?Union Saint-Gilloise head coach?Karel Geraerts. Meanwhile, in Germany’s top?division, Augsburg have fired manager Enrico Maassen.?
Former?Brazil?coach?Tite has taken over at Flamengo, while ex-Paris St-Germain boss?Christophe Galtier?has replaced?Hernan Crespo?as manager of Qatari side Al-Duhail. Women’s World Cup winner and former Spain coach?Jorge Vilda?has been appointed as the new manager of the Morocco women’s team.?Vilda takes the reins from?Frenchman Reynald Pedros. Serie A’s Salernitana have picked?Filippo Inzaghi as the man to succeed?Paulo Sousa. And in France’s?Ligue 2,?Bordeaux have given?former?Liverpool?winger Albert Riera the?head coach job.
COACHING KNOWLEDGE?/ KEYS TO PLAYING?3-5-2?
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