CV's Weekly Coaching News
ON THE MOVE?/ THIS WEEK'S COACHING NEWS
Highly rated?Manchester United first-team coach Eric Ramsay has accepted an offer to become the youngest head coach in Major League Soccer. The 32-year-old Welshman?will embark on his first head-coach role?at?Minnesota United, with the team having won their first MLS game of the season. ? Another familiar face at Old Trafford,?John O’Shea has been named?interim manager of the Republic of Ireland. A former assistant with the senior and Under-21 sides, O’Shea?will oversee?March friendlies against Belgium and Switzerland, while the FAI continue their search for a permanent manager. Relegation-threatened Serie A club Sassuolo have sacked?Alessio Dionisi as coach, having?lost 10 and won one of their last 13 games.?Youth team manager Emiliano Bigica has been placed in charge temporarily.
Former Denmark striker Jon Dahl Tomasson has become?the first foreign-born coach of Sweden.?Tomasson won two Swedish titles with Malm?, before his near two-year?stint in charge at?Blackburn Rovers, which ended in February. ? Wales have hired?former England assistant?Rhian Wilkinson as their new women’s head coach.?The?Canadian managed Portland Thorns to?the 2022 National Women's Soccer League?Championship in her first season as a head coach. Another international appointment to end this week's round up, with Algeria choosing former Lazio and Switzerland boss Vladimir Petkovi? to guide them through?2026 World Cup?qualifying.
COACH WATCH?/ KLOPP'S TACTICAL EVOLUTION
With a mountain of injuries to deal with recently, Jürgen Klopp has had to adapt his starting XI to keep Liverpool competing?for silverware on all fronts. In his time at Liverpool, Klopp has been no stranger to evolving his methods to find success. Our analysts?have highlighted various key tactical approaches?that Klopp’s Liverpool have adopted in his time at Anfield. Want to learn more?about the technical and tactical aspects of football? Take a look at CV Academy here